Energy Assistance

Are you having trouble paying your electric bill or heating fuel bill? You may want to apply for Energy Assistance or Low Income Energy Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Energy Assistance has two programs available – crisis and cash. To be eligible for crisis, you need the following:

Broken heating equipment or leaking lines that must be fixed or replaced
Lack of heating fuel
Electric service has been disconnected
Danger of being without heating fuel or of having the electric service disconnected

The cash grants can be used by people who are past due on their electric or heating bills or those who aren’t. To apply for either or both of these grants you will need the following:

Names, birth dates, social security number and proof of income for all people in the household
A copy of a recent heating bill
A copy of a disconnection notice

Energy Assistance is scheduled to open CASH assistance November 2, 2009 and CRISIS assistance on January 4, 2010. Both programs have been extended to close on April 2, 2010. So don’t delay calling your County Energy Assistance office. The phone numbers are:

Bedford Co. Energy Assistance	(814)623-6127 or (800)542-8584
Fulton Co. Energy Assistance	(717)485-3151 or (800)222-8563
Huntingdon Co. Energy Assistance	(814)643-1170 or (800)237-7674

Below is a chart showing the gross annual income limits for households to qualify for this year’s Energy Assistance programs.

Household Size	Cash/Crisis Program Income Limit
1	16,245
2	21,855
3	27,465
4	33,075
5	38,685
6	44,295
7	49,905
8	55,515
9	61,125
10	66,735

Each additional person add $5,610