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Dear Secretary Kennedy, On behalf of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), I would like to thank you for the prompt release of remaining program funds in May. As the next fiscal year (FY) approaches, I urge you to continue the …
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) predicts that home heating costs this winter are expected to continue rising faster than inflation. This will place millions of families at risk of falling deeper in debt to their utilities and facing power shut-offs when they cannot afford to pay their utility bill. Prices for home heating …
As the United States faces yet another summer of record-breaking temperatures, the threat to low-income families is immediate and life-threatening. Earlier this week, more than 185 million Americans—stretching from the East Coast to the Central U.S.—were living under heat advisories. In the face of this crisis, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), which represents …
NEADA Executive Director Mark Wolfe published an Op-Ed in USA Today warning that the Trump Budget plans to eliminate LIHEAP entirely during a summer of extreme high temperatures.
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
