Press Releases

The following are press releases issued by NEADA:

• Consumers Continue to Fall Behind on Utility Bills: Arrearages Approach $5 billion, Up 14.8% from Last Year
  May 8, 2008
• LIHEAP Households Served Increase by 3.8% - Highest Total in 16 Years
  April 25, 2008
• State Energy Assistance Directors Call on Congress to Increase Funding by $1 Billion to Address Declining Purchasing Power and High Energy Prices
  December 7, 2007 - Letter
• High Winter Heating Prices Projected, States Call on Congress to Increase Funding for Energy Assistance
  November 5, 2007
• Record Winter Prices Predicted for Home Heating Oil, Propane and Electricity: States Call on the Adm. to Release Emergency Funds
  September 25, 2007
• NEADA Study: 1.2 Million Households Disconnected from Utility Service
  July 11, 2007
• President's Budget Calls for 44% Cut in Energy Assistance to the Poor!
  More than One Million Households Face Elimination of Benefits
  January 7, 2007
• States Report Highest Level of Households Receiving Energy Assistance in 13 Years Additional $1 Billion Appropriated for LIHEAP Provides Essential Support State-by-State Survey Results
  June 19, 2006
• States Report Highest Level of Households Receiving Energy Assistance in 13 Years Additional $1 Billion Appropriated for LIHEAP Provides Essential Support State-by-State Survey Results
  June 7, 2006
• Federal LIHEAP Grants Decline to Lowest Level in Five Years
  January 24, 2006
• Applications for Energy Assistance Expected to Reach 5.6 Million Households
  Some States Begin to Run Out of Funds
  December, 22, 2005
• Media Conference Call to Discuss New National Survey of How Low Income Families Are Coping with High Energy Bills
  September 21, 2005
• Home Heating Costs Projected to Hit Record Levels this Winter Grim Forecast for Low Income Families
  September 8, 2005
• State Low Income Energy Directors Call on the President to Release Emergency Funds in Response to Excessive Heat Conditions
  July 25, 2005 - Letter
• Home Heating Costs Expected to Hit Record Highs for Heating Oil Users
  June 22, 2005
• Purchasing Power of Federal LIHEAP Grants Decline from 49% of Heating Oil Bills in 2002 to 25% in 2005
  April 19, 2005
• LIHEAP Applications for Assistance up 5.3 Percent for FY 2005
  December 10, 2004
• Home Heating with Heating Oil Projected to Increase by 50% - States Call for Additional Federal Funding for Low Income Energy Programs
  October 25, 2004
• Low-Income Energy Crises Worsens - National Survey Reports that Unaffordable Energy Bills have Serious, Long-Term Impacts on Families
  Survey Abstract / Executive Summary / Full Report
  April 26, 2004
• States Report That Low Income Home Energy Assistance Programs Rapidly Increase Adding Almost 661,000 New Families
  March 10, 2004
• State Shut-Off Moratoriums Set to Expire Beginning February 28
  March 3, 2004
• State LIHEAP Programs Projected to Grow to 4.9 Million in FY 2004
  February 23, 2004
• Administration released additional LIHEAP Funds in Response to NEADA Request
  2004 1st Quarter Release / 2004 2nd Quarter Release
  December 19, 2003
• State Energy Assistance Programs Begin Closing Down Due To Delays In The Release Of Federal Funds
  December 16, 2003
• Administration Releases $100 million in Emergency Funds to 33 states and the District of Columbia
  August 8, 2002
• New Survey Finds More Households Can't Pay their Energy Bills 11 States & DC Out of Energy Assistance Funds by the End of February
  February 20, 2002
• President Releases FY 2003 Budget Significant Cuts Proposed for LIHEAP
  February 4, 2002
• Congress Approved 21% Increase in LIHEAP Funding for FY 2002
  January 7, 2002
• House/Senate Committees Approve 21% Increase in LIHEAP Funding!
  October 12, 2001
• Economic Slowdown Means More Americans Need Help with Energy Bills
  October 3, 2001
• House Raises LIHEAP Authorization Ceiling to $3.4 billion. Details and State-by-State Distribution
  August 7, 2001
• Testimony of Joanne Choate, Maine State Housing Agency on Behalf of NEADA
  July 13, 2001
• NEADA Survey Finds that Program Applications have Increased by more than 1.1 Million Households
  June 18, 2001
• Study Finds States are Running Out of Energy Assistance Funds
  June 11, 2001