Category: Utilities & Energy
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Connecticut released $12.7 million so about 32,893 deliverable-fuel households can get their heating benefits at the same time, with paid deliveries starting Nov. 2
Connecticut has set aside $12.7 million in state money so that about 32,893 households that heat with delivered fuel can receive their heating benefits at the same time, instead of using up one benefit before the next. Program-paid fuel deliveries start Nov. 2, and the last day to apply this winter is May 31, 2027.…
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New York’s HEAP heating aid opens Nov. 2 with base benefits for oil, kerosene and propane raised to $990, for households earning up to $82,230 for a family of four
New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program, known as HEAP, opens for applications on Nov. 2, and the base benefit for households that heat with oil, kerosene or propane has gone up by $90, to $990. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the new season on Oct. 16. A family of four can have gross income of up…
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Massachusetts wants Eversource, National Grid and Unitil to set a payback schedule by Oct. 27 for an estimated $1.5 billion in transmission refunds owed regionwide
Gov. Maura Healey is asking Eversource, National Grid and Unitil to tell the state by Oct. 27 when they will start paying back an estimated $1.5 billion in transmission refunds owed to electric customers across New England. The money traces to a federal ruling that found the companies earned too much on their power lines.…
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Heating oil averaged $6.14 a gallon in EIA’s latest survey, $2.60 above last year
Households that heat with oil are starting the season at a steep price. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) put the national average for residential heating oil at $6.14 a gallon for the week of October 12, 2026, which is $2.60 higher than a year earlier. The exact figure in EIA’s weekly heating oil survey…
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HHS released $3.6 billion in heating aid to states for fiscal 2027, 90% of the annualized amount
The Department of Health and Human Services has released $3.6 billion in heating aid to states for fiscal 2027, the first money for the federal energy-bill program in the new budget year. The amount equals 90% of the annualized total available for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. The other 10%…
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Illinois and Iowa open heating aid to all income-eligible households November 1, after Illinois paid an average $676 to 360,500 homes last season
Heating help in Illinois and Iowa opens to every income-eligible household on November 1, a month after the first applications began for older adults and other priority groups. Illinois says its energy assistance program helped 360,500 households last season, with an average benefit of $676. The money comes from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program,…
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Puget Sound Energy customers would pay $28.31 more a month for electricity in January 2027 under the rate hike Washington’s attorney general is fighting
The average Puget Sound Energy household would pay $28.31 more a month for electricity starting in January 2027 if Washington regulators approve the utility’s rate request, according to Attorney General Nick Brown. His office filed expert testimony against the request with the Utilities and Transportation Commission, and its July 30 announcement puts that first-year jump…
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Oil-heated homes face an average $2,115 winter heating bill, EIA forecasts
A home that heats with oil is forecast to spend an average of $2,115 from November through March, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says in its Winter Fuels Outlook, published October 6. That is 21 percent more than last winter, and the most of any heating fuel. The same week, EIA’s first heating-oil survey…
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Electric-heated homes are forecast to spend $1,637 this winter in the Northeast, $1,380 in the Midwest and $1,151 in the West, EIA says
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that homes heated mainly with electricity will spend $1,637 on electricity this winter in the Northeast, $1,380 in the Midwest and $1,151 in the West. The numbers come from EIA’s Winter Fuels Outlook, released October 6, and cover November through March. The South is forecast at $1,079, and the…
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Western households heating with natural gas are expected to pay $590 this winter, the only region where EIA sees gas heating bills rising
Natural gas heating bills are forecast to fall in three of four U.S. regions this winter and rise in one. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects Western households that heat mainly with natural gas to pay $590 from November through March, up 7 percent from last winter, according to its Winter Fuels Outlook, published…