Press Releases
The following are press releases issued by NEADA:
- Administration Releases $490 million in Emergency Funds
January 20, 2010
- 2008 National Energy Assistance Survey Released: Record Numbers of Families Struggle to Pay Home Energy Bills
April 28, 2009
- LIHEAP Applications Reach Record Levels
- Households Projected to Increase by 25% to 7.3 Million
January 12, 2009 - State-by-State
Data
- Winter Home Energy Prices Projected to
Reach Record Levels States Call on Congress to Approve $1 Billion
Supplemental
June 23, 2008
- State Energy Officials Release 2008
Energy Cost Survey
June 11, 2008
- 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
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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
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