Press Release

MEDIA ADVISORY – HARRISBURG AREA – WEDNESDAY PA Public Utility Commission Leadership Joins Shapiro Administration to Announce Start of 2023-24 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Season

Published on 10/31/2023

Filed under: Consumer Education Electric Gas Telecommunications Water and Wastewater

PUC Also Encourages Families to Enroll in LIHEAP and #CallUtilitiesNow to Explore Utility Assistance Programs & Other Energy Affordability Options

ENOLA – Tomorrow, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Stephen DeFrank, Vice Chair Kim Barrow, and Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss will join Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh in a visit to Tri County Community Action in Enola to announce the start of the annual Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) application process for the 2023-24 season.

WHO: Pennsylvania Utility Commission Chair Stephen DeFrank, Vice Chair Kim Barrow, and Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss; DHS Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh; Tri County Community Action CEO Jennifer Wintermyer; Rep. Patty Kim; Dauphin County Commissioner George Hartwick.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2023; 11:00 a.m. 
 
WHERE: Tri County Community Action, 123 North Enola Drive, Floor 2, Enola, Pennsylvania, 17025

LIHEAP is a federally funded program administered by DHS that helps with home heating bills. Assistance is available for renters and homeowners. The LIHEAP application period for both cash and crisis grants open on November 1, 2023.

PUC leadership will also encourage consumers to #CallUtilitiesNow to explore a wide variety of utility assistance programs and other affordability options which can be used in combination with LIHEAP to help households manage energy use and keep utility bills affordable.

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