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LIHEAPnetworker
The Networker is a quarterly
newsletter compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse.
August 2008, Issue #67
- States Anxiously Prepare for Winter Heating Season
- Colton Identifies Indiana Energy Needs and Potential
- New York Gets More Funds for Energy Efficiency
- State Funds Wrap-up
- Renewable Projects Bring Jobs and Low-Cost Energy to Tribes
- Michigan Fuel Fund Partners with the Faith Based Community
- FY 07 Leveraged Resources: Unofficial Total: $2.6B
- LIHEAP Eligibility Allows Food Stamp Increases in Several States
- Cooling Program Overview
- Pennsylvania Universal Service Program Spending Up
- NEUAC Holds Record Low-Income Energy Gathering
May 2008, Issue #66
-
LIHEAP Wrap-up: It Was a Record-Setting Winter
- State Deficits Soar; Little Funding for Energy Assistance
- Nebraska Scores Gains for Low-Income Energy
- DC Commission Extends Low-Income Programs
- Maryland EUSP Gets More Funds, Plus New Revenue Source
- CA Implements Categorical Eligibility for Utility Discounts
- Low-Income Energy Conferences Merge into NEUAC
- Connecticut Boosts Payments to Heating Oil Vendors
- Alabama REACH Works with Manufactured Homes
February 2008, Issue #65
- LIHEAP Funding Increases in FY 2008; States Say More Is Needed
- States Act to Provide Energy Assistance Funds
- Data Source for Program Income Determination Changes
- CA Solar Initiative Expands to Include Low-Income Homeowners
- KeySpan Expands Programs in New York
- Energy Affordability Coalitions Take on Challenges in FL and NE
- Arizona Statewide Fuel Fund Begins Operations
- Other Resources Help Meet Needs Around the Country
- Oregon Energy Assistance Snapshot Released
- Appliance Program Helps Montana Seniors
- Minnesota Utility Won´t Report Past-Due Customers
- NLIEC and NFFN Join for Low-Income Energy Conference
- Low-Income Energy Resources
November 2007, Issue #64
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Emergency Funds Help States Deal with Heat and Cold
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States Cope with Record Heat;
Heat-Related Deaths Prompt Actions
- California Releases Low-Income Energy Programs Needs
Assessment
- States Struggle with Oil Heat Prices, Purchasing Issues
- Arkansas Weatherization Program Gets Underway
- Missouri PSC Approves Funding for Energy Assistance and
Efficiency Programs
- Low-Income Program Expansions Approved in New York
- 2006 Weatherization Funding Reaches Record
- Texas Utility Announces $150 Million Commitment
August 2007, Issue #63
- Summer Brings Heat Waves, Disconnects
- States Have Some Success, Some Failures in Attaining Energy Assistance Resources
- Tribal Leveraging Continues to Increase
- Partnerships Focus on Energy Efficiency for Nonprofits and Low Income
- Utility Weatherization Programs Continue in ID and GA
- NLIEC, NFFN Select Name for Combined Conference in 2008
- NCLC Receives Conference Award
- Solar Collectors Add Warmth to Low-Income Homes
- Programs in 13 States Subject of Study
- CT Electric EE Programs Evaluated
- MA Electric EE Programs Cost Effective
- Audit Finds Deficiencies in PA LIHEAP Administration
- Philadelphia Low Income Get Help with Gas Bills
- Entergy Reports on Low-Income Activities
May 2007, Issue #62
- Survey Shows How States Are Coping
- Weatherization Budget Cut by 16 Percent
- Revised REACH Announcement Issued
- FY 2006 Leveraged Resources Near $2.7 Billion
- Electric Rate Shock Hits Illinois and Texas
Advocates Struggle With Low-Income Funding
- Gas Affordability Pilot Approved in Minnesota
- Low-Income Pilot Approved for Vermont Utility
- Indiana Low-Income Sales Tax Exemption Extended 2 Years
- Oregon Utility Settlements Fund Energy Assistance and Weatherization
- Washington Aims to Increase Tribal Weatherization
- Wisconsin Studies Weatherization Network
- Joint Low-Income Energy Conference Convenes in Nashville
- FSC Finds Widening Energy Gap
February 2007, Issue #61
- Federal and State Funding Wrap-up
- New State Funding
- Arkansas Approves Energy Efficiency Programs
- Massachusetts Reports Gains from Automatic Enrollment Process
- California PUC Sets $1 Billion for 2007 Low-Income Programs
- Arizona Fuel Fund in Planning Process
- Discounted Oil Helps Poor in 15 States and DC
- Tribes Get Help from Heating Oil Program
- MA LIHEAP Audit Shows Improvements and Restored Funding
- Ohio Energy Efficiency Program Lowers PIPP Costs
- NLIEC Launches Online Publication
- High School Students Help with MN Energy Assistance
- CA Utility Boosts Aid After Storm
- Oregon Study Shows Weatherization Economic Benefits
- Low-Income Energy Resources
November 2006, Issue #60
- Heating Fuel Prices Expected to be Lower, But Not that Much
- Price Volatility Keeps Program Directors Looking for Solutions
- Michigan Commission Approves More LIEE Funds
- Colorado Has New Funding Source
- Rural Alaskans Struggle with Exorbitant Utility Bills
- PA Says Residential Customers Must Pay Low-Income Costs
- New Hampshire Expands Electric Assistance Enrollment
- Iowa Participates in Energy/Health Survey
- FY 2006 REACH Grants Awarded
- Tribal REACH Projects
- Energy Forums in Nebraska Address Efficiency and Needs
- BPA Makes Largest-Ever Weatherization Contributions
- Low-Income Energy Resources
August 2006, Issue #59
- Expanded Summer Cooling Programs Help Millions Across Country
- Leveraged Resources Exceed Two Billion for the First Time
- Tribes Increase Resources to Help Members Control Energy Costs
- Venezuela Discount Oil Program Reaches Eight States
- New Jersey Evaluation Shows Significant Impacts;
More Outreach to Vulnerable Households Needed
- Rhode Island Approves New Program for FY 2008
- Nevada Program Overcomes Start-up Problems
- More State Governments Supplement LIHEAP
- Georgia , Montana REACH Evaluations Available
May 2006, Issue #58
- LIHEAP Gets Highest Funding in its History
- Survey Shows Increased Benefits, Support for Weatherization
- State Funds Wrap-Up
- California Low-Income Spending Continues to Grow
- Pennsylvania Examines Low-Income Program Funding, Design
- Maine Institutes Margin-Over-Rack Oil Buying
- NLIEC Has a New Executive Director
- DC Hosts 2006 Joint Low-Income Energy Conferences
- LIHEAPs Role in Protecting Public Health and Safety Examined
- Peoples Settlement Benefits Weatherization in Chicago
- Indiana Low-Income to be Exempt from Energy Sales Tax
- Massachusetts REACH Evaluation Available
February 2006, Issue #57
- States Supplement LIHEAP to the Tune of $504 Million
- LIHEAP Budget Update
- Utilities Increase Funding This Winter to Help Low Income
- Utility Commissions Help Low Income Stay Connected
- New York PSC Extends Electric Efficiency Program
- Michigan Commission Approves More LIEE Funds
- Study Shows Increase in Burden, Bills From FY 2001 - 2006
- Low-Income Energy Resources
November 2005, Issue #56
- Studies Cite Rising Prices, Inadequate Resources
- LIHEAP Under CR
- FY 2005 REACH Grants Awarded
- Natural Gas Royalty in Kind Provision Could Ease Low-Income
Gas Bills
- States Allocate Supplemental Energy Assistance Resources
- Oregon HEATs Energy Smart: A Holistic Approach to
Self-Sufficiency
- Hurricanes Impact CAAs in Region; Help Comes from Around Nation
- Milwaukee REACH Features Energy House As Education Tool
- Low-Income Energy Resources
August 2005, Issue #55
- Heating Oil Is Major Concern for Winter; Northeast States Have Buying Strategies
- FY 2006 Funding, Reauthorization
- Arizona Energy Unaffordability, Poverty Documented in Conference Analysis
- Trends in Home Energy Affordability: Rise in Energy Bills, LIHEAP Population
- Several States Attain New or Expanded Funding
- Minnesota Utility May Be Fined $5 Million
- Texas Low-Income Discount Ends, Low-Income Weatherization Gets Funding Restored
- Utility Shut-Offs Up in Pennsylvania
- Low-Income Energy Resources
May 2005, Issue #54
- Josephine Robinson Is New OCS Director
- Leveraged Resources Increase by 16 Percent
- DC Gets $20 Million for Energy Efficiency, Renewable and Affordability Programs
- Arkansas Low-Income Weatherization Fund Struck Down
- Massachusetts Gets $7.5 Million State Supplemental; Other NE States Not as Successful
- Montana Gets Supplemental State Resources
- Low-Income Programs Continued, Expanded in New York
- Maine Volunteers Weatherize Seniors’ Homes
- 2005 Joint Low-Income Energy Conference Will Be in
Phoenix June 12-16
- NASCSP Papers Highlight CAA Successes
- Florida Program Provides Meals Plus
- Purchasing Power of Federal Low Income Energy Grants
Continue to Decline
- NFFN Gets Word Out to Governors
February 2005, Issue #53
- LIHEAP Enrollment Reaches Record
- HHS Releases Additional LIHEAP Emergency Funds
- States Find Variety of Funding Sources to Supplement LIHEAP
- Kentucky Utilities Have New Heating Assistance Programs
- Indiana Gas Assistance Pilots Get Underway
- LASER in Massachusetts Moves Clients Towards Self-sufficiency
- Web-based Applications Offer Screening, More Access in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
- Low-income Energy Resources
November 2004, Issue #52
- LIHEAP Funding on CR as Energy Price Escalations Kick In
- FY 2004 REACH Grants Awarded
- New Energy Efficiency Program Approved in New Orleans
- Georgia Utility Energy Efficiency Programs Get More Funding
- New Data, Payment Management System Gets Underway
for Minnesota LIHEAP
- Massachusetts ’ "Energy Bucks" Initiative Seeks Greater
Energy Program Enrollment
- Washington Receives $13.5 million for Energy Assistance
and Efficiency
- Fuel Funds Plan National Action Day; Local Fundraising Successes Highlighted
- Means-Tested PGW Senior Discount Program Rejected
by Pennsylvania PUC
- Low-Income Energy Resources
August 2004, Issue #51
- States and Tribes Receive Leveraging Awards Totaling $20.5 Million
- LIHEAP Funding Update
- Idaho CAAs Get $1 Million More for Weatherization
- California Utilities Launch New Discount Program
- Legal Challenge Hinders Arkansas Low-Income Fund
- North Carolina’s Low-Income Households To Benefit From Duke Power Settlement
- Minnesota To Launch State’s First Affordability Program
- New Jersey USF Gets 2004-05 Funding at $78 Million
- NFFN Celebrates 20 Years
- Low-Income in New York Benefit From Recent Gas Company Settlement
- Colorado Energy Assistance Legislation Vetoed
- "No Room For Poverty" National Rally
- Low-Income Energy Resources
May 2004, Issue #50
- Leveraged Resources Increase by
20 Percent; CA, OH and PA Have Most Resources
- LIHEAP Makes a Difference, NEADA
Study Shows
- NLIEC Highlight is Dialogue on Energy
Poverty
- Indiana Gets Supplemental Funding;
Gas Utilities Propose USF
- Enrollment Changes Dump Thousands
from Texas Discount
- Alabama REACH Focuses on Mobil Home
Dwellers
February
2004, Issue #49
- Winter Energy Prices, Increased
Demand, Push Programs to the Max
- LIHEAP Funding Status
- National Groups Strategize to Increase
Awareness of Low-Income Energy Funding Needs
- States Supplement LIHEAP from Varied
Sources; Most Cite Higher Natural Gas Prices
- Arkansas Uses Assurance 16 Funds
for Short- and Long-Term Self Sufficiency Initiatives
- Blackfeet REACH Creates Energy Conservation
Department
- Salish-Kootenai Use REACH to Help
Seniors and TANF Households
- Renewables and the Low Income: Programs
in FL, HI, PA Show Savings
- Energy Price Volatility, Poverty
Data Posted on NCLC Website
- Plan Now for Joint Conferences
November
2003, Issue #48
- LIHEAP Funding Still Unknown
- NLIEC Scholarship Named for Vicky
Mroczek
- FY 2003 REACH Grants Awarded
- New Jersey Universal Service Program
Surpasses Expectations
in First Phase
- Montana Low-Income Energy Programs
Get Temporary Increase
- States Brace for Winter with Summer
Pre-Buy for Delivered Fuels
- Iowa Utilities Increase Funding for
Low-Income Weatherization
- Georgia Gathers Arsenal of Supplemental
Funding
- Washington REACH Seeks to Harness
Wind for Low Income
- Massachusetts Regulators Start Process
Toward Automatic
Discount Enrollment
- Colorado's CEAF Changes Name
- NCAT Awarded LIHEAP Clearinghouse
Contract; Toll-Free Phone Number Discontinued
- New Funding Sources Emerge in Illinois
- Low-Income Energy Resources
August
2003, Issue #47
- Leveraged Resources Increase;
CA and OH Receive Top Awards
- States Lose Supplemental
Energy Funds Due to Budget Deficits
- Heat Response System for Low-Income In CA's Deserts
- CAL LIHEAP Serves Nearly
150,000; Stresses Electricity Reduction Measures
- Washington Leveraging Doubles
in 2002
- Oregon Attains Gas Utility
Resources
- Georgia's Low-Income Gas Provider Faces Hurdles
- Iowa Will Hire Leveraging
Specialist
May 2003, Issue
#46
- Tribes Have Long, Tough Winter, But
Manage to Cope
- Arkansas Legislation Provides Funds
for Low-Income Weatherization
- Montana LIHEAP Verifies the Reduction
of Heating Burdens With Help of New Central Database
- Connecticut Loses State Funds That
Supplement LIHEAP
- Michigan's Harsh Winter and Poor Economy
Prompt Release of Supplemental Energy Assistance
- Georgia PSC Releases $5 Million in
Response to Cold Winter and High Prices
- New Jersey Approves Statewide Low-Income
Assistance Program
- New York Pilot Promotes Aggregation,
Budget Billing and Energy Efficiency
- NLIEC / NFFN / NEADA June 8 - 12
- Low-Income Energy Calendar
February 2003,
Issue #45
- States Cope With Budget Uncertainties,
Energy Cost Hikes, Economic Downturn
- LIHEAP Funding Not Final; States Get
2nd Quarter Funds
- Mississippi's Case Management Leads
To Client Success Stories
- Maine REACH Reduces Electric Use In
Low-Income Households
- State REACH Grants Focus On Energy
Conservation/Education
- Tribes And American Samoa Seek To
Improve Energy Efficiency Through REACH Grants
- Kentucky CAA Successful in Purchasing
Lower Cost Gas For Low-Income Clients
- New York Natural Gas Aggregation Slowed
By Welfare Reform
- Texas Utility Rule Amended To Protect
Low-Income Consumers
- Michigan PSC Awards $25 Million For
Low-Income Energy Assistance/Efficiency Programs
- New York Energy Consumer Protection
Act Now Law
- NLIEC, NFFN, NEADA Meet June 8-12
- Georgia PSC Settles USF Suit; Adds
More Money To Fund
- Low-Income Energy Resources
- Low-Income Energy Calendar
Page Last Updated: August 21, 2008
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