April 18, 2019 – The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services will open their Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) cooling assistance program on May 1 for households with “elderly,” and “homebound,” applicants. Households without elderly or home-bound applicants will be able to apply for the cooling assistance program June 1.

April 6, 2019 - The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has issued an emergency order resulting in an extension of the winter utility moratorium until May 13. Iowa’s winter heating moratorium normally runs from Nov. 1 to April 1. The extension is the result of a statewide emergency declaration by Governor Kim Reynolds due to “widespread flooding and severe weather.”

March 26, 2019 – Illinois’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that energy-bill assistance is still available through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Applications for both Reconnection Assistance (RA) and Heating Assistance will be processed through May 31, or until funds are exhausted.

March 15, 2019 – The Ohio Development Services Agency is reminding Ohio residents that they may apply for Ohio’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) until March 31, 2019. HEAP services provide applicants who are at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty level with an assistance benefit to help pay utility bills. The benefit amount is paid directly to the fuel supplier.

March 1, 2019 – Rhode Island’s Keep the Heat On program has received a donation of $100,000 from the National Grid Foundation. This is the sixth donation to Keep the Heat On from National Grid in the past six years, totaling $565,000.