DC religious, community groups pool buying power to save on electricity, promote clean energy

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By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, March 19, 8:16 AM

Some pray in churches, mosques and synagogues. Others aren’t religious, serving the community by providing housing or education.

However, the leaders of more than 100 religious and community organizations in the Washington area share one interest: saving money on electricity to better serve their communities. That’s why they will gather Tuesday to review bids they requested from electricity suppliers to power their church halls, charter schools and nonprofit organizations.

The contract is the third for the group, which has grown from 11 religious institutions that saved nearly $100,000 in their first pooled purchase last year.

“The exciting part of the story is, here’s churches and synagogues and mosques that are getting together and normally haven’t talked much with one another, and here they’re coming together to save money and use it for their missions,” said the Rev. Tom Knoll of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Washington.

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