Letter to the Editor: Extreme Heat is Summer’s Silent Killer
NEADA Executive Director Mark Wolfe published a Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post outlining the dangers of extreme heat and explaining the need for increased LIHEAP funding.
NEADA Senate Testimony Warns About LIHEAP Being in Crisis
NEADA submitted testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on June 13 that warned Congress that LIHEAP is in crisis. Between the entire federal staff that oversees the program being eliminated by the Trump Administration, delays in the final $387 million of fiscal year 2025 funding, and …
Summer Residential Cooling Outlook: Record High Home Cooling Prices
Today, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and the Center for Energy Poverty and Climate (CEPC) released their annual Summer Residential Cooling Outlook. We have found that consumers are going to be hit with record high prices for home cooling this summer, as the average cost of electricity is projected to reach $784, a …
Press Release: Summer Residential Cooling Outlook Shows Record High Prices
Consumers are going to be hit with record high prices for home cooling this summer, as the average cost of electricity is projected to reach $784, a 6.2% increase from $737 last year and the highest cost of electricity on record. Prices are rising for two reasons: the cost of electricity is rising faster than …
Presidential Budget: LIHEAP Zero
The President’s FY 26 Budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) would eliminate $4 billion in assistance to 6 million very low-income households that rely on LIHEAP to pay their home heating and cooling bills. The President’s proposal to gut federal support could not come at a worse time for the households served …
NEADA Letter Urges HHS to Release Remaining FY25 LIHEAP Funds by May 1, 2025
NEADA sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on April 15 urging him to release as soon as possible the remaining LIHEAP funds available from the FY2025 Full Year Continuing Resolution and Extensions Act. NEADA specifically requested that the final ten percent ($378 million) of the full appropriation be …
NEADA House Testimony Warns that LIHEAP Is In Crisis
NEADA submitted testimony to the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on April 9 that warned Congress that LIHEAP is in crisis. Between the Trump Administration eliminating the entire federal staff that oversees the program, delays in the final $387 million of fiscal year 2025 funding, and uncertainty surrounding …
Press Release: Utility Bills This Winter Will Cost More Than Christmas
Home heating costs this winter will remain unaffordable for millions of lower income families. NEADA estimates an 8.7% increase from last year’s home heating costs for the full winter season. According to NEADA’s research, the cost of home heating is, on average, going to come to $941 for the whole winter. This cost is an …
NEADA Asks Congress to Support $1.6B LIHEAP Supplemental Funding
Today NEADA sent a letter to Congressional leadership to request LIHEAP supplemental funding of $1.6 billion for FY 2025. This is the same level of supplemental funding that was requested last year by the Administration. These supplemental funds will maintain program support for families receiving LIHEAP assistance and will help address rising energy prices.