New Hampshire Fuel Funds
- Five of the six electric utilities and both of
the gas utilities participate in Neighbors Helping Neighbors,
a statewide fuel fund that is administered by community action
agencies in coordination with LIHEAP. The fund operates year round
and is a fund of "last resort," serving households after
LIHEAP funds are exhausted.
The fund totaled $230,097 in 2006.
In 1994, New Hampshire passed legislation allowing utilities
to place unclaimed utility deposits into the fuel fund. The measure
allows the public utilities commission to certify that utilities
are participating in a financial assistance
program that assists low-income households with utility bills.
Upon certification, the utility pays 85 percent of the
unclaimed funds into the fuel fund program, which is also certified
by the commission.
- One electric utility runs a separate program
called Project Care which distributed approximately $45,000 to
customers in 2006.
LEVERAGING (includes community and church donations)
2006: $778,930
2005: $574,995
2004: $591,102
2003: $284,566
2002: $349,798
2001: $500,410
2000: $225,044
1999: $278,869
1998: $193,224
1997: $151,527
1996: $208,235
1995: $178,398
Page Last Updated: May 16, 2007