The Challenge: Rising Costs, Growing Need
One in four Connecticut families currently face energy insecurity and are often forced to choose between feeding their children or keeping their homes warm. Generation Power CT is an organization dedicated to providing energy crisis relief to thousands of families across Connecticut.
Before winter has even begun, families across the state are already running out of heating oil. During our first emergency energy assistance application cycle that opened September 1st through the 15th, nearly 1,000 households applied for assistance with heating oil, and approximately 80% reported being nearly out of fuel or completely out of fuel when they applied.
Winter temperatures will drop while energy bills will continue to rise in the months ahead.
Our FY 2026 Impact:
5,741
HOUSEHOLDS
HELPED
13,111
INDIVIDUALS
HELPED
$2.72M+
EMERGENCY GRANTS
AWARDED
Why Giving Tuesday Matters: Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Giving Tuesday is a global movement that unleashes the power of generosity in communities around the world. Each year, millions of people come together to support causes they care about, proving that even small acts of kindness can create meaningful change.
At Generation Power CT, we see that need every day.
We hear from parents worried about how they will keep their children warm. We hear from seniors living on fixed incomes, forced to make impossible choices between paying for heat, food, medications, and other necessities. We hear from households facing energy emergencies long before the coldest days of winter arrive.
Your donation will help Connecticut families access the critical energy assistance they need to keep the their homes warm, lights on, and the water running throughout the winter season. Let’s work together to ensure that families facing hardship are not forced to face it alone.
A Cold Home Isn’t a Future Concern. It’s Today’s Reality.
For years, our emergency energy assistance grant helped families when they had nowhere else to turn. Today, rising heating oil prices mean our $500 grant often no longer covers even half of a typical oil fill up for Connecticut households.
Heating oil prices are making an already significant burden even heavier for households struggling to cover everyday expenses. More than 40% of Connecticut homes rely on heating oil, creating an additional layer of vulnerability to rising fuel costs for limited-income families.
The need isn’t coming, it’s already here.
Your Impact:
pays for an Application Support Center (ASC) to provide one household with
in-person assistance through the application process.
helps strengthen our emergency energy assistance program.
helps four households apply for emergency energy assistance.
helps ensure funding is available when
families are out of heating oil or at risk of utility shutoff.
provides the equivalent of one maximum emergency energy assistance grant to an eligible Connecticut household.
helps support multiple households facing energy insecurity & strengthens our ability to provide assistance throughout the winter season.
Join Us This Giving Tuesday!
Please reach out to our Director of Donor Engagement, Victoria Gleixner by calling 860-243-2345 ext. 3323 or email give@gpct.org with questions about how you can help spread the word, share our mission, and help keep Connecticut families warm.
My mother lives on a fixed income in an old home she moved into in 2024. The cold weather and poor condition of the house caused high heating costs, creating a major financial hardship. The grant she was approved for brought her to tears. These funds will ensure oil delivery for another month while she works on paying down the balance she accrued during the bitterly cold winter. – A CLIENT FROM ANDOVER, CT