Low-Income Energy Programs Funding History 1977-2022

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FY LIHEAP (1) EMERG (2)
PVE/LH (3)
LH LEV (4)
WAP (6)
PVE/WAP (7)
WX LEV (9)
OTHER
TOTAL
Compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse
$ in millions
1977
       
$28
     
$28
1978         $65       $65
1979         $199       $199
1980         $199       $199
1981 $ 1,850       $ 175       $2,025
1982 $ 1,752 $ 123     $ 144       $2,019
1983 $ 1,975   $ 23   $ 245       $2,243
1984 $ 1,875 $ 200 $ 18   $ 190       $2,283
1985 $ 2,100   $ 6   $ 191 $ 388     $2,335
1986 $ 2,010   $ 27   $ 182 $ 62     $2,281
1987 $ 1,825   $ 185   $ 161 $ 145 $ 17   $2,348
1988 $ 1,532   $ 160   $ 161 $ 205 $ 14   $2,072
1989 $ 1,383   $ 174   $ 161 $ 199 $ 8    $1,924
1990 $ 1,393 $ 50 $ 111 $ 1265 $ 162 $ 158 $ 11   $2,011
1991 $ 1,415 $ 195 $ 98 $ 404 $ 199 $ 80 $ 12   $2,402
1992 $ 1,500   $ 79 $ 493 $ 194 $ 57 $ 19   $2,342
1993 $ 1,346   $ 57 $ 567 $ 185 $ 48 $ 28   $2,231
1994 $ 1,439 $ 298 $ 19 $ 623 $ 207 $ 29 $ 39   $2,654
1995 $ 1,319 $ 100 $ 13 $ 638 $ 215 $ 20 $ 45   $2,351
1996 $ 900 $ 180 $7 $ 575 $ 112 $ 22 $ 45 $ 600 $2,442
1997 $ 1,000 $ 215 $8 $ 587 $ 121 $ 22 $ 44   $2,004
1998 $ 1,000 $ 160 $9 $ 535 $ 125 $ 20 $ 56   $1,905
1999 $ 1,100 $ 175 $2 $ 620  $ 133 $ 21 $ 64   $2,115
2000 $1,100 $ 744 $3 $ 684 $135 $ 15 $ 94   $2,775
 2001 $1,400 $456 $1 $ 1,140 $153 $ 5 $ 120   $3,275
2002 $1,700 $100 $5 $ 1,320 $230 $ 7 $ 124   $3,486
2003 $1,788 $200 $3 $ 1,638 $224 $ 5 $ 151   $4,009
2004 $1,789 $99 $2 $1,888 $227 $ 3 $ 150   $4,158
2005
$1,885 $277 $4 $2,038 $228 $ 6 $ 158   $4,596
2006
$2,480 $680   $2,695 $243 $ 4 $177   $6,279
2007
$1,980 $181   $2,598 $205 $ 4 $ 212   $5,180
2008
$1,980 $611     $227 $ 9 $ 400   $3,227
2009
$4,510 $590   $2,596 $450 $ 1 $ 174 $4,66610 $12,987
2010
$4,510 $590   $2,990 $180   $ 211   $8,481
2011
$4,501 $200     $174       $4,875
2012
$3,472       $68       $3,540
2013
$3,255       $138       $3,393
2014
$3,390       $179       $3,569
2015
$3,390       $191       $3,581
2016
$3,355      
$214
      $3,569
2017
$3,390               $3,390
2018
$3,637               $3,637
2019 $3,650                
2020 $3,318                
2021 $3,709                
2022 $3,857                
Total
$97,760 $6,424 $1,014 $24,755 $7,220 $1,207 $2,373 $5,266 $145,019

 

  1. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, LIHEAP Reports to Congress
  2. Source: Ibid
  3. Source: State leveraging reports and LIHEAP Clearinghouse. Includes state/local government funds, utilities, bulk fuel vendors, landlords, church/charitable/community contributions.
  4. Source: LIHEAP Report to Congress for FY 1988,1989,1990. Total state and other funds for 1982--1990.
  5. Source: US Dept. of Energy, Office of State and Community Programs, November 1996; National Association for State Community Services Programs, WAP Funding Surveys (Funding includes program allocations and T&TA)
  6. Source: Scope of the Weatherization Assistance Program, Appendix A2. Total PVE for 1978 --1985.
  7. Source: Ibid. WAP funding sources (other than DOE, LIHEAP and PVE) from 1978--1989; National Association for State Community Services Programs, WAP Funding Surveys -- includes utilities, state funds, housing repair and rehab funds, and other public/private sources.
  8. Includes Emergency Assistance Program and Special Need Funds through AFDC Title IV-A. Through 1997 these federally-matched state funds could be used for payment of utilities. An exact count is not possible since all states did not report this resource to HHS and federal records do not have costs by state. The total is an estimate for 1988-1997 based on state LIHEAP plans, LIHEAP Reports to Congress, and LIHEAP Clearinghouse research. Also includes the Emergency Food and Shelter Board Program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Administration; funds can be used for utility payments.
  9. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided $5 billion to the WAP over three years, ending March 31, 2012. This one time infusion of funds gave $4,665,810,609 to the grantees of the WAP.