LOW-INCOME ENERGY NEWS ARCHIVE
Availability of REACH Funds Announced (July
9, 2004)
New Jersey USF Gets
2004-05 Funding at $78 Million (June 25, 2004)
Colorado Energy
Assistance Legislation Vetoed (June 21, 2004)
NLIEC Releases
Missouri Affordability Study (June 14, 2004)
NFFN Celebrates 20
Years (June 14, 2004)
Minnesota To Launch
States First Affordability Program (June 3, 2004)
Nevada Launches
Outreach Campaign (June 1, 2004)
Two Studies Examine
Low-Income Energy Burdens, Costs (May 24, 2004)
Workshop Geared to
Pacific Northwest Low-Income Consumer Issues (May 5, 2004)
LIHEAPnetworker, May
2004, Issue #50
NEADA Survey Details Impacts
of Unaffordable Energy Bills (April 26, 2004)
Pennsylvania PUC Details Universal Service Programs for
2002 (April 19, 2004)
City of Tallahassee Receives
Funds to Expand Weatherization Program (March 30, 2004)
ACORN Wins Additional
Low-Income Assistance Funds in DC
(March 18, 2004)
Washington Gas Launches
Pilot Discount Program in Maryland
(March 17, 2004)
2004 Joint Low Income
Energy Conferences (March
15, 2004)
Missouri Gas Energy
Surcharge Collects More
Than Expected
(March 4, 2004)
New Jersey Approves Arrearage
Forgiveness Plan (February 26, 2004)
LIHEAPnetworker,
issue #49, February 2004
NEADA Reports
LIHEAP Enrollment Increase (February 23, 2004)
$1.1 Million Will Aid
Indiana Vectren Customers (February 10, 2004)
HHS Releases 2004
LIHEAP Emergency Funds (February 5, 2004)
Consumer
Experts Paper Explores Gas Price Mitigation Strategies (February
3, 2004)
Appropriations Act Signed by
President, LIHEAP Funded at $1.8 Billion (January
28, 2004)
Detroit Edison Offers
Discount For Low Income Customers
(January 26, 2004)
NIPSCO Provides Funds for
Arrearages and Deposits
(January 21, 2004)
Maine Declares State of Emergency
Due to Cold (January 16, 2004)
National Action Day for
LIHEAP (January 9, 2004)
NJ Low-Income Program Enrolls
130,000 (January 2, 2004)
Georgia Commission Approves $6
Million Grant for Low-Income Natural Gas Assistance (December
24, 2003)
New Low-Income Energy
Resources in Ohio (December 24, 2003)
Colorados LIHEAP Gets
Another $10 Million (December 23,
2003)
Energy Price
Volatility, Poverty Data Posted on NCLC Website
(December 22, 2003)
HHS Provides Additional $598 Million to States to Help Low-Income Households with Energy
Costs
(December 19, 2003)
Conference Agreement Puts
LIHEAP at $1.8 Million
(November 26, 2003)
Utility Assistance Program
Created In Rhode Island
(November 26, 2003)
Montana LIHEAP Receives Unexpected
Federal Money
(November 24, 2003)
WAP Gets $230 Million for
2004 (November 17, 2003)
Michigan PSC Approves $6.8
Million in Low-Income Energy Efficiency Grants
(October 22, 2003)
HHS Provides $844 Million to
States to Help Low-income Households With Energy Costs
(October 21, 2003)
New Jersey Energy Efficiency
Report Released (October 7, 2003)
FY 2003 REACH Grants Awarded (October 7, 2003)
Montana LIHEAP
Gets Another $500,000 (October 3,
2003)
Montana
Utility Officials Say Money for Low-Income Assistance Shielded During Bankruptcy
(September 24, 2003)
Georgia PSC Slaps
Energy America With $400,000 Fine Levied in Gas Case 'Slamming' (September 3, 2003)
Montana Task Force
Tags $1.7M to Help With Heat Bills for Low Income
(August 28, 2003)
"Fans for
Life" Program begins in Texas (August 20,
2003)
WA Interim REACH
Evaluation Shows Success in Leveraging Utility Resources (August 19, 2003)
Mass DTE
Decision Facilitates Low-income Discount Enrollment
(August 12, 2003)
Attorney
General Mike Beebe Cools Down The Summer For Arkansas Seniors (July 21, 2003)
Groups
in Texas Ask PUC to Restore Utility Programs Destroyed in the State Budget Crisis (July 31, 2003)
BP's Market Manipulation Charges Resolved; AZ and CA United Way
Receive $3 Million
(July 21, 2003)
GA Gas Company Must
Contribute to LIHEAP
(July 14, 2003)
States and Tribes
Report Over $1.3 Billion in Leveraging; California and Ohio Receive Top Awards (July 3, 2003)
Report Details
"Home Energy Affordability Gap" in All States, (June 5, 2003)
WAP Resources Increase
by 10 Percent, Network to
Weatherize 186,779 Homes (May 7, 2003)
AmerenUE
Helps Delinquent Missouri Customers Eliminate Debt
(April 30, 2003)
May Is
National Community Action Month (April 28,2003)
LIHEAPnetworker, Issue 46, May 2003
AmerenUE to Give $4 Million to Missouri Department of Natural
Resources Weatherization Program to Help Low-Income Customers (April 22, 2003)
Oregon Power
Manipulation Settlement Benefits Low Income (March
26, 2003)
NJBPU Establishes Statewide
Universal Service Fund
(March 20, 2003)
HHS Releases
Additional $151.26 Million in Low Income Energy Assistance Funds (March 4, 2003)
Michigan PSC Awards
$20 Million For Energy Assistance (March 3, 2003)
Arkansas Bill
Establishes Alternative Fuels and Weatherization Funds (February 27, 2003)
Colorado Documents
Low-Income Energy Needs
(February 27, 2003)
President Signs
Conferees Budget Bill; $1.8 Billion in FY 2003 for LIHEAP (February 22, 2003)
President Proposes
Level Funding for LIHEAP
(February 3, 2003)
LIHEAP Networker, Issue #45,
February 2003 (January 31, 2003)
HHS Releases $200 Million in
Emergency Energy Assistance (January 24, 2003)
Senate Adds $300 Million to
LIHEAP (January 22, 2003)
House Approves $1.7 Billion for LIHEAP (January 14,
2003)
Washington Action Day for
LIHEAP Summary (January 15, 2003)
HHS Announces Distribution of
Second Quarter LIHEAP Funds (January 6, 2003)
Low-Income Energy and
Telephone Publication (January 2, 2003)
New York Energy Consumer Protection
Act Now Law (December 24, 2002)
AARP Studies Awareness of Restructuring (December 12,
2002)
NJ Moves Toward
Permanent Low-Income Assistance (December 3, 2002)
First
Quarter Funding for FY 2003 LIHEAP Is Released Under Continuing Resolution Passed by
Congress (October 15, 2002)
Action Day for
LIHEAP (January 2, 2003)
New
Low-Income Energy Resources for FY 2002
FY 2002 REACH Grants
Awarded to States and Tribes (September 30, 2002)
Survey Finds
Increasing Support for LIHEAP (September 24, 2002)
CARE Spending
Increased by 68 Percent (September 23,2002)
NCAT Launches New Residential
Restructuring Study (September 17,
2002)
2001 Residential Energy Data
Available (August 20, 2002)
HHS Releases
$100 Million in Emergency Energy Assistance to States Hit Hardest by Summer Heat (August
8, 2002)
Missouri PSC
Approves Rate Reduction Agreement Low Income Get $13 Million for Rate Assistance and New
Energy Efficiency Program (August 1, 2002)
PUC Adopts
Automatic Enrollment for CARE Program, Establishes Program Penetration Rates (July 26, 2002)
New York Group
Protests Lack of Auto Enrollment in Con Ed Program (July 11, 2002)
TANF Families Get
Additional Assistance in LA (July 10, 2002)
New Resource for LIHEAP Providers:
Integrating Government-Funded and Ratepayer-Funded
Low-Income Fuel Assistance Programs
Texas Low-Income
Discount Raised to 17 percent
NASCSP WAP
Funding Survey Identifies Funding Sources
Vermont WAP Evaluation
Released
NCAT Debuts
Consumer-Focused Restructuring Website
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