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Low-Income Energy Programs Funding History
1977-2009

Compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse
$ in millions

FY LIHEAP (1) EMERG (2)
PVE/LH (3)
LH LEV (4)
  
WAP (6)
PVE/WAP (7)
  
WX LEV (9)
OTHER (10)
TOTAL
1977           $ 27           $27
1978             $ 64         $64
1979             $ 199         $199
1980           $ 199         $199
1981 $ 1,850         $ 175         $2,025
1982 $ 1,752 $ 123         $ 144         $2,019
1983 $ 1,975   $ 23       $ 245           $2,243
1984 $ 1,875 $ 200 $ 18       $ 190           $2,283
1985 $ 2,100   $ 6       $ 191 $ 38 (8)       $2,335
1986 $ 2,010   $ 27       $ 200 $ 62         $2,299
1987 $ 1,825   $ 185       $ 160 $ 145         $2,315
1988 $ 1,532   $ 160       $ 160 $ 205         $2,057
1989 $ 1,383   $ 174       $ 160 $ 199         $1,916
1990 $ 1,393 $ 50 $ 111 $ 126 (5) $ 162 $ 158   $ 554   $2,554
1991 $ 1,415 $ 195 $ 98 $ 404   $ 199 $ 80       $2,391
1992 $ 1,500     $ 79 $ 493   $ 194 $ 57       $2,323
1993 $ 1,346     $ 57 $ 567   $ 185 $ 48       $2,203
1994 $ 1,439 $ 298 $ 19 $ 623   $ 207 $ 29       $2,615
1995 $ 1,319 $ 100 $ 13 $ 638   $ 215 $ 20       $2,305
1996 $ 900 $ 180 $7 $ 575   $ 112 $ 22     $ 600 $2,396
1997 $ 1,000 $ 215 $8 $ 587   $ 121 $ 22       $1,953
1998 $ 1,000 $ 160 $9 $ 535   $ 129         $1,833
1999 $ 1,100 $ 180 $2 $ 623    $ 133         $2,038
2000 $1,100 $ 744 $3 $ 684   $135          $2,666
 2001 $1,400 $456 $1 $ 1,140   $153         $3,150
2002 $1,700 $100 $5 $ 1,322   $230         $3,357
2003 $1,800 $200 $3 $ 1,638   $223         $3,864
2004 $1,789 $99 $2 $1,888   $227          $4,005
2005 $1,885 $277 $4 $2,038   $228         $4,432
2006 $2,480 $680   $2,695   $240         $6,095
2007 $1,980 $181   $2,605   $204         $4,970
2008 $1,980 $611       $227         $2,818
2009 $4,510 $590       $477         $5,577
Total $49,338 $5,639 $1,014 $19,181   $6,115 $ 1,085   $ 554 $ 600 $77,949

1) Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, LIHEAP Report to Congress for FY 1995; HHS FY 1995, 1996 telephone surveys of LIHEAP grantees.

2) U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, LIHEAP Reports to Congress

3) Source: Ibid

4) Source: State leveraging reports and LIHEAP Clearinghouse. Includes state/local government funds, utilities, bulk fuel vendors, landlords, church/charitable/community contributions.

5) Source: LIHEAP Report to Congress for FY 1988,1989,1990. Total state and other funds for 1982--1990.

6,7) Source: US Dept. of Energy, Office of State and Community Programs, November 1996; Scope of the Weatherization Assistance Program: The Weatherized Population and the Resource Base, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Appendix A2, 1992.

8) Source: Scope of the Weatherization Assistance Program, Appendix A2. Total PVE for 1978 --1985.

9) Source: Ibid. WAP funding sources (other than DOE, LIHEAP and PVE) from 1978--1989, including utilities, state funds, housing repair and rehab funds, and other public/private sources.

10) Includes Emergency Assistance Program and Special Need Funds through AFDC Title IV-A. Through 1997 these federally-matched state funds could be used for payment of utilities. An exact count is not possible since all states did not report this resource to HHS and federal records do not have costs by state. The total is an estimate for 1988-1997 based on state LIHEAP plans, LIHEAP Reports to Congress, and LIHEAP Clearinghouse research. Also includes the Emergency Food and Shelter Board Program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Administration; funds can be used for utility payments.


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