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This fact sheet provides a list of resources and materials to support Massachusetts advocates as they assist clients who are immigrants (both documented and undocumented). It will help determine what benefits different households might be eligible for and how to access these benefits. It also contains additional learning opportunities, as well.
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Income-Based Utility Rates Will Help Financially Struggling Gas Utility Customers Across Illinois and Offer Powerful Model for Other States CHICAGO – The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), its client, Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI), and Legal Action Chicago (LAC) today applauded three decisions issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission that, for the first time…
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These are comments signed on to by NCLC and 20 other environmental justice organizations in support of the Maryland Office of People's Counsel's petition to open a comprehensive gas planning proceeding to meet the state's climate goals while protecting access to reasonable, affordable rates and bills as well as promoting customer equity and energy justice.
The presentation covers the basics of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and walks through important updates and changes to expect in LIHEAP and weatherization for the 2023-2024 program year. In addition, the speakers go through some best practices for the application process as well as common errors and how to avoid them.…
This is a sign-on letter to Appropriators urging that they include additional funding for the Low Income Household Water Affordability Program (LIHWAP) for FY 2024. Over 150 organizations signed onto this letter for critical low-income household water assistance.
WASHINGTON — Consumer, energy efficiency, environmental, and utility stakeholders welcomed a significantly strengthened federal efficiency standard for home furnaces Friday. The final standards announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) will reduce average household costs by $350 over the life of a furnace compared to using old-style models and cut 332 million metric tons of carbon dioxide…