News Archive 2011

Georgia PUC Approves $10 Million for Low-Income Heating Bills (December 16, 2011)

LIHEAP Clearinghouse News Bulletin (December 14, 2011)

New Hampshire Lowers Income Eligibility Level (December 9, 2011)

RI Agency Investigated for Mismanaged Funds (November 29, 2011)

Ohio Winter Reconnect Order Now in Effect (November 21, 2011)

OK Suspends LIHEAP Open Enrollment (November 8, 2011)

NC Changes LIHEAP Eligibility, Benefit Payment Rules (November 2, 1011)

HHS Releases Funds for Energy Assistance (October 31, 2011)

FY 2009 Home Energy Notebook is Available (October 24, 2011)

VA Utility Offers $2 Million in Matching Funds (October 18, 2011)

CT Legislators Vote to Add Money for Energy Assistance (October 5, 2011)

New Director of OCS Named (September 26, 2011)

New PIPP Gets Underway in Illinois (September 14, 2011)

NEUAC Conference Information on Website (September 13, 2011)

LIHEAP E-Bulletin, Issue 12, September 2011

Survey Details WAP Funding for PY 2010 (August 30, 2011)

PA Auditor Says LIHEAP Fraud Continues (August 23, 2011)

MI Low-Income Funds Could Disappear Due to Court Decision (August 23, 2011)

NJ Offers Supplemental LIHEAP Benefit to Seniors (August 4, 2011)

VT Approves Energy Assistance Program (July 28, 2011)

TX LIHEAP Finds Fraud, Appoints New Local Agency (July 21, 2011)

OR and RI Approve Ratepayer Funding for Low-Income Energy Assistance July 14, 2011

Michigan Awards $62 Million in Energy Assistance July 5, 2011

Kansas and New Jersey Issue Supplemental LIHEAP Benefits (July 5, 2011)

PA Agency and Bank Partner on Home Heating Savings Account (June 23, 2011)

TN Changes LIHEAP Application Schedule (June 23, 2011)

LIHEAP E-Bulletin, Issue 11, June 2011

Illinois Drops Summer Cooling Assistance (June 9, 2011)

HI Agencies Begin One-Month LIHEAP Application Period (June 2, 2011)

Ohio Fuel Fund Enters Its Third Year (June 2, 2011)

Minnesota LIHEAP Breaks Record (May 25, 2011)

Massachusetts Fuel Fund Helps Those Ineligible For Liheap (May 16, 2011)

Carsey Institute Study Shows LIHEAP Use on the Rise (May 16, 2011)

Auditor Finds Inadequate Monitoring of DE LIHEAP and WAP (May 3, 2011)

LIHEAP Closes in CO; Energy Outreach Steps In (May 3, 2011)

North Dakota Tribal LIHEAP Officials Indicted for Fraud (April 18, 2011)

NM Issues Supplemental LIHEAP Benefit (April 18, 2011)

HHS Releases $311 Million to States for Energy Assistance (April 7, 2011)

WV Fuel Fund to Benefit from Rate Increase (April 4, 2011)

Expiration of Utility Disconnect Moratoria Causes Hardship (March 28, 2011)

New Mexico Energy Company Extends Program (March 21, 2011)

LIHEAP E-Bulletin, Issue 10, March 2011

Pennsylvania LIHEAP Deadline Extended (March 21, 2011)

NJ BPU Awards $25 Million for Temporary Assistance (March 9, 2011)

Utahans to Get Reduced LIHEAP Benefit (March 3, 2011)

Low-Income Heating Oil Program Enters Sixth Year (February 22, 2011)

Assistance Payments Up Dramatically in Colorado (February 22, 2011)

Maine Oil Company's Closing Hits Liheap Clients And Other Customers (February 9, 2011)

Home heating assistance at record high (February 9, 2011)

HHS Releases Updated Poverty Guidelines (February 1, 2011)

HHS Releases $200 Million in Emergency Funding to States for Energy Assistance (January 25, 2011)

Georgia PSC Provides $5 Million for Energy Assistance to Seniors (January 20, 2011)

LIHEAP Officials, Vendors in New Jersey and Virginia Sentenced for Fraud (January 19, 2011)

HHS Releases Additional Funding for Energy Assistance (January 12, 2011)

South Dakota Energy Assistance Payments Vary; Tribes Get Less (January 11, 2011)

NFFN National LIHEAP Action Day Scheduled (January 11, 2011)

AGA and PA PUC Release Disconnect Surveys (January 4, 2011)

Kansas Begins LIHEAP Application Period (January 4, 2011)