This is a national groups letter to Congressional Appropriators and leadership urging that FY 2024 LIHEAP be funding in full.
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Issue: I. Do states’ landlord tenant agreements include provisions that encourage the benefits of weatherization to flow primarily to tenants? II. Which states provide the strongest model for safeguarding the goals and intended beneficiaries of weatherization? Brief Answer: I. Assessment of landlord tenant agreements in twenty states indicates that the majority of agreements include provisions…
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This guidance from the US Department of Health and Human Services draws on recommendations by NCLC and sets forth consumer protection guidance for Community Solar programs that enroll LIHEAP households.
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Report Identifies Solutions to Barriers to Public Participation in Department of Public Utilities and Energy Facilities Siting Board Proceedings
Disproportionately high burdens connected with utility infrastructure and operations fall on environmental justice populations, which are formally defined by Massachusetts law. Yet the status quo provides environmental justice populations and affected communities few or no meaningful opportunities to participate in DPU and EFSB proceedings, where most utility infrastructure and operations decisions are made. Few agency…
COVID Created New Class of Struggling Customers at Risk of Shutoffs BOSTON – According to a new analysis from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), Massachusetts residential utility customers are increasingly falling behind on their utility payments and are at increased risk of having their utilities shut off– with record winter fuel prices on the…
Q&A Hours are an informal, virtual space for folks in Massachusetts who work with low-income utility customers to gather with NCLC staff attorneys and other experts and ask questions about specific issues their clients are facing, ask general questions about MA utility law or the Utility Rights Course training materials, share information about what they are seeing in the field, and/or share recommendations with fellow advocates.
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The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides life-saving assistance for low-income households with young children, frail elderly, and individuals with disabilities, by helping to pay electricity, gas, and oil bills. Payments are generally made to the utility or fuel vendor directly to help ensure that utility service is not terminated and that fuel tanks…
The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)1 helps low-income households pay for home heating bills in the winter and cooling bills in the summer. LIHEAP also helps eligible households resolve energy crises, for example, by fixing a broken furnace or making an emergency payment to avert an imminent disconnection during frigid winters or…
SB 905 would establish one-on-one support for low-income seniors aged 60-years of age and older to help them successfully apply for energy assistance. SB 905 would require the Office of Home Energy Programs (OHEP), which administers the Maryland Energy Assistance Program (MEAP, also known as the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)), to…
We respectfully request that the subcommittee fund LIHEAP at the full authorizedamount of $5.1 billion and note the need is likely to be greater.
