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The government shutdown is delaying an assistance program families use to heat homes

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel, ...

DTE Energy offering assistance through Low-Income Self-Sufficiency Plan amid government shutdown

More than a month into the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, worries over how families will be able to pay their ...

Government shutdown expected to delay energy assistance for low-income households

Energy assistance directors are urging utilities to suspend service shut-offs as low-income families brace for higher bills ...

Applications for Low Income Energy Assistance Program now open

Applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, opened on 3. It’s about a month later than in ...
WATE Knoxville on MSN

‘There is no plan B’ Funding for utility assistance program could run out if shutdown continues

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — 36 days into the government shutdown, programs that rely on federal funding are left questioning ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Dominion Energy announces payment assistance programs amid federal shutdown and potential SNAP freeze

Help is available for Dominion Energy customers who are facing financial challenges amid the government shutdown and now the ...

E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program.

EPA says ‘no final decision’ has been made on whether to end Energy Star

The Trump administration is currently weighing the fate of the Energy Star product efficiency program after previously telling staff it would end it. “No final decision has been made at this ...