By Fort Leonard Wood Homes

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (March 7, 2019) – Effective March 1, the Department of the Army has suspended the Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) Energy Conservation Program until further notice. As residents are aware, this program was implemented by the Army to promote energy conservation in privatized housing by providing incentives to residents for decreased utility consumption.

As of March 1, residents will no longer be billed for above average utility consumption, nor receive rebates for below average utility consumption. All pending rebates for activity prior to March 1 will be paid within the next two weeks.

Please note, residents who had set up automatic payments for utility billing should cancel those services going forward.

Your monthly utility use will continue to be tracked, and you will continue to receive a monthly consumption report or ‘mock bill’ for informational purposes only — no action will be required on your part.

The Army will use this time to perform a comprehensive review of the program and all associated data collection and billing methodology.

We greatly appreciate your participation in this important initiative and your continued efforts to use utility resources wisely. Please do not hesitate to contact our office with any questions about the RCI Energy Conservation Program or utilities in general.

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About Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 75 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains more than 82,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps and Air Force detachments on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

More information about Fort Leonard Wood is at: https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/about/mission.