Join AARP Alabama tonight in Tuscaloosa, ask PSC to lower your Alabama Power bill

Join AARP Alabama tonight in Tuscaloosa, ask PSC to lower your Alabama Power bill

Posted on 06/17/2013 by | AARP Alabama | Comments

Advocacy | Alabama | Volunteering Alabama Power customers pay some of the highest bills in the South, and AARP Alabama is working to lower them. Now you can get involved.Join us and other AARP members tonight in Tuscaloosa at a town hall meeting with the Alabama Public Service Commission. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the University of Alabama School of Law Moot Court Room, 101 Paul W. Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa. Around the country, utility companies earn an average of 10 percent profit. That profit, …

Paula Wood

AARP asks Alabama Power to lower bills as Alabamians struggle

Posted on 06/13/2013 by | AARP Alabama | Comments

Advocacy | Alabama Paula Wood’s story is like that of many retirees. Though married once, she is now single and supporting herself on social security alone. And, she has to make sacrifices to make ends meet. “I like living in a trailer. It’s a practical way of living for me. It’s the right amount of space for a single person and it’s easy to keep up,” she said. What Wood found surprising was the cost to heat and cool her mobile home, and …

AARP Alabama Volunteers Join Volunteers from Every State for Capitol Hill Visits

AARP Alabama Volunteers Join Volunteers from Every State for Capitol Hill Visits

Posted on 06/12/2013 by | AARP Alabama | Comments

Advocacy | Alabama | Volunteering AARP Volunteers from Every State Visit Capitol Hill to Urge Separate Social Security Debate, Press for Responsible Solutions to Strengthen Medicare WASHINGTON, DC – AARP volunteers and staff from every state visited Capitol Hill today to express opposition to the President’s proposed Social Security benefit cut known as Chained CPI and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare. Those volunteers and staff included AARP Alabama State Director Jesse Salinas and AARP State President Dr. Jack Bradford. Meeting with Senators, Members …

Utilities Rate Hearings Scheduled Through November

Utilities Rate Hearings Scheduled Through November

Posted on 05/1/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Advocacy | Alabama | Home & Family In a state that has not undergone a formal utility rate review in 30 years, AARP is speaking out for such a review. Earlier this year, informal Public Service Commission meetings allowed consumers to offer input and ask questions about Mobile Gas Co. rates. Those meetings have been expanded through November to include Alabama Power Co. and Alabama Gas Corp. The meetings were scheduled in response to PSC Commissioner Terry Dunn’s call for formal hearings on utility rates. AARP has …

Sen. Cam Ward pushes for passage of elder abuse legislation.

State Sen. Cam Ward, AARP Alabama, prosecutors push for passage of new law to combat elder abuse

Posted on 04/23/2013 by | AARP Alabama | Comments

Advocacy | Alabama ALABASTER, Ala. – Prosecutors and advocates for senior citizens joined state Sen. Cam Ward today to push for final passage of a new law to combat elder abuse. Both houses of the Legislature have passed a bill to increase penalties for elder abuse and make it easier to prosecute these cases. But because of a slight wording difference in the House and Senate legislation, another vote is necessary for either bill to make it to Gov. Robert Bentley for his …

AARP calls for nominations for Andrus Award, top volunteer honor

AARP calls for nominations for Andrus Award, top volunteer honor

Posted on 04/15/2013 by | AARP Alabama | Comments

Alabama | Events | Volunteering Annual Award Recognizes Those Who Make a Powerful Difference   Montgomery, AL — AARP is now accepting nominations for its 2013 Alabama Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors 50+ Alabamians who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.  “AARP Alabama is excited to shine a light on 50+ Alabamians who are using what they’ve learned in life to make a difference in the lives around them,” said Jesse Salinas, AARP State Director.  Nominations …

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