🔥 🔥 Today, NASCSP is celebrating #NationalEnergyAssistanceDay! Learn about energy assistance services in your community by following this link: buff.ly/49heAKn to NEADA hotline page! #KeepTheHeatOn 🔥🔥

Today, we celebrate #NationalEnergyAssistanceDay! Learn about energy assistance services in your community using the NEUAC.org state directory: neuac.org/state-resource…, or @CApartnership's #CommunityAction finder: communityactionpartnership.com/find-a-cap/ #KeepTheHeatOn

#LIHEAP and other energy assistance programs can help #KeepTheHeatOn Help us spread awareness of #NationalEnergyAssistanceDay - today, Feb 1! neada.org/billhelp

In 2023, 7.3 million American households received energy assistance, up from about 1.5 million in 2022.

Feb. 1 is #NationalEnergyAssistanceDay! In 2021, 922,930 Virginia households qualified for energy assistance — but only 197,412 received support. Today, we’re highlighting two bills that would increase access to energy assistance programs and protect vulnerable Virginians. 🧵

There is a critical lack of funding this year for LIHEAP: up to one million struggling Americans risk not receiving energy assistance. Use our link to write to Congress about the importance of LIHEAP! actionnetwork.org/letters/liheap…

#LIHEAP and other energy assistance programs can help #KeepTheHeatOn

Older individuals are more impacted by cold indoor temperatures: they lose body heat faster than younger people, and cold indoor temperatures are hard on hearts and lungs. When your home or apartment is too cold, it’s a health hazard. read more: nia.nih.gov/health/cold-we…

LIHEAP is a lifeline that helps vulnerable families & seniors afford their energy bills & stay safe. On #NationalEnergyAssistanceDay, I’ll continue leading Senate efforts to deliver strong LIHEAP funding to #KeepTheHeatOn. dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-s…

NEADA and Center for Energy Poverty and Climate issued a new report this week - As extreme heat increases, summer cooling costs are projected to increase by nearly 8% to an average $719, the highest level in more than 10 years neada.org/2024summeroutl…

As the U.S. faces extreme heat this week and the hottest summer on record is on the way, access to cooling and air conditioning is a necessity, not a luxury. Read Executive Director Mark Wolfe's latest op-ed at CNN about responding to extreme heat: cnn.com/2024/06/18/opi…

The House Labor/HHS Approps proposal for FY2025 provides flat funding for #LIHEAP at $4 Billion, even as current funding for the program struggles to meet the need this summer in the face of #extremeheat. Read our 2024 Summer Residential Outlook for more: neada.org/2024summeroutl…

Two pretty jarring charts from last month's NEADA report: On the left: Summer cooling bills rose from $476 in 2014 to $719 today. On the right: nearly 1-in-5 impoverished Americans don't have any A/C at all.

Including a summer outlook on rising electric bills from NEADA - in parts of the Midwest including Illinois, cooling costs in the summer might increase by 10% from last year (the national average is 8%).

Summer shut-off protections and utility support are failing to adapt to a warming world. When 49% of the U.S. population doesn't have protections against utility bill shut-offs, we're facing a crisis in energy affordability. Read more from NEADA: neada.org/shutoffprotect…

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/095cc1…

Yesterday the Senate shared its FY 2025 Labor/HHS Appropriations bill, providing $4.125 billion for LIHEAP. We believe LIHEAP needs $6 billion with another $1 billion for emergency funds in FY 2025: neada.org/wp-content/upl…

AP wrote this great story re a discussion with Sec. of HHS Becerra about the need for HHS to increase energy assistance for cooling. The interview took place in Phoenix – one of the hottest parts of the country now. apnews.com/article/arizon…

This interview with HHS Secretary Becerra took place in Phoenix – one of the hottest parts of the country now. This summer’s extreme heat has shown the need for additional LIHEAP funding to help keep low-income families cool: apnews.com/article/arizon…

Our latest Energy Hardship Report shows how the combination of high energy costs, high temperatures & reduced federal support means that more than 1 in 5 households report being unable to pay their energy bill at least once during the year. Read more here: neada.org/energy-afforda…