Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Low-income Connecticut families could get more state aid to help cover rising energy costs this winter.

As the weather turns cooler, officials warn it’ll cost more to keep the heat on this year. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3) blames President Donald Trump and the war in Iran for the higher prices.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has agreed with state lawmakers to use up to $500 million in state surplus to offset some of the federal funding cuts.

President Donald Trump’s (R) administration wants to eliminate the program that administers more than $4 billion nationally to pay for heating and cooling the homes of low-income residents.

The Trump administration’s latest round of cuts includes the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The program is responsible for keeping the heat on for 200,000 Connecticut residents and more than 1.1 million New York residents.

The Connecticut General Assembly has passed an emergency bill to spend $17 million on the state’s federally funded winter heating assistance programs.

Will Connecticut's heating aid program run dry this winter? CT legislative leaders say they may need a special session in January to supplement CEAP.

The federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program has allocated more than $3.5 billion across the country to help Americans pay their heat bills as colder weather approaches and energy costs remain high.

A Connecticut joint legislative committee approved a 31% reduction in the state’s budget for federal low-income home heating assistance this week.

Connecticut families on emergency heating assistance could get nearly $1,000 less in government aid this winter without more state support.