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Belmont Light celebrates Public Power Week at the Farmers' Market

Belmont Light celebrates Public Power Week at the Farmers' Market

Belmont Light Executive Assistant and Communications Coordinator Aidan Leary, right, was at the recent Farmers’ Market as part of the Belmont Light Public Power Week celebration. Aiden answered questions about ways to save energy and distributed energy saving LED lights to local residents, some of whom included Debbie Rokosz and Jan Meyers.

Belmont residents Jack and Evelyn Shumsky stopped by the Belmont Light table at a recent Farmers’ Market to talk to Executive Assistant and Communications Coordinator Aidan Leary about Public Power Week and the importance of being a locally owned and operated utility. The couple also picked up some energy saving materials and information, as well as a Belmont Light shopping bag.

Aidan Leary, left, Belmont Light Executive Assistant and Communications Coordinator, had an opportunity to talk to local residents about the benefits of public power during a recent visit to the Farmers’ Market. Aiden was at the event during Public Power Week, an American Public Power Association (APPA) sponsored celebration which helps utilities tout the unique benefits of locally owned and operated utilities, like Belmont Light. Belmont resident Marcia Haines was among many customers who stopped by the Belmont Light table to receive an LED light and to get more information about the utility and ways to save energy throughout the year.

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