One of three homes at the Tallapoosa County Sheriffs Girls Ranch will soon be much more energy efficient thanks to a $10,000 Efficiency Forward grant the ranch recently received from Alabama Power Co.’s Alabama Business Charitable (ABC) Trust.

Efficiency Forward, formerly known as the Non Profit  Energy Efficiency Program (NEEP), awards grants to nonprofits so they can make energy improvements to their facilities. The improvements help provide cost savings that nonprofits can pass on in services to their clients.