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Energy Assistance Research Links
This page links you to some major site that you may research for energy assistance information.
- Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program
The Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program is the federally-funded program that helps eligible low income homeowners and renters meet their home heating and/or cooling needs. The federal government does not provide energy assistance directly to the public. Instead, the LIHEAP program operates in communities around the United States.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/liheap/
- Guide to CT Legislature
Online access to the legislative, judicial and executive branches of Connecticut's government can be found at www.ct.gov.
To search for bills, acts, statutes and other legislative information, click on the .legislative. bar of www.ct.gov, or go to www.cga.ct.gov. Once in the legislative section, there are a number of searches you can perform:
- You can "quick search" a bill or act if you know its number and year; for help, click on the question mark next to "Go."
- To search for a legislative document or bill by subject, date, title, committee, introducer/cosponsor or range, click on the "Search" link on the left side of the page.
- If you want to keep updated on bills, become a Connecticut General Assembly Public Bill Tracking User by clicking on the "Bill Tracking" link and entering required information.
- To get statute information, go to the "statute" link; the "search statutes" sub-link contains an extensive help guide.
- When you are searching for a summary of events on a given day, click any date on the legislative calendar.
http://www.ct.gov
- Connecticut State Library
Government Information: (860) 757-6570
Reference desk: (860) 757-6500
http://www.cslib.org/
- Connecticut.s Digital Library
iCONN is part of the Connecticut Education Network. It provides all students, faculty and residents with online access to essential library and information resources.
http://www.iconn.org
- Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Energy Management and Policy Development Unit (OPM)
The Energy Unit has a number of responsibilities regarding energy management in State owned and leased buildings and purchasing of energy resources for State facilities. This site includes state, national, and international energy data, information on grants provided by the Unit, and conservation tips for consumers.
http://www.opm.state.ct.us/pdpd2/energy/enserv.htm
- LIHEAP Clearinghouse
The LIHEAP Clearinghouse website provides information for state, tribal and local LIHEAP providers, and others interested in low-income energy issues.
http://www.liheap.ncat.org/
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National Energy Assistance Directors' Association
The National Energy Assistance Directors' Association is the primary educational and policy organization for the state and tribal directors of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program -- a federal program providing formula grants to states to help low-income families pay their heating and cooling bills.
http://www.neada.org/
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U.S. Department of Energy
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.
http://www.energy.gov/
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American Gas Association (AGA)
The American Gas Association (AGA) (www.aga.org) represents local energy utility companies that deliver natural gas to homes, businesses and industries throughout the United States. AGA is an advocate for local natural gas utility companies and provides a broad range of programs and services for member natural gas pipelines, marketers, gatherers, international gas companies and industry associates. Natural gas meets nearly one-fourth of the United States' energy needs.
- AGA.s Low Income energy Assistance
http://www.aga.org/
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Fisher, Sheehan & Colton
Fisher, Sheehan & Colton is a law and economics research and consulting firm. FSC.s primary areas of work include home energy affordability gap, housing economics, energy regulation, consumer economics, natural resource economics, labor economics, and utility restructuring. For energy and consumer information, visit www.fsconline.com/work/work.htm.
http://www.fsconline.com/
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National Association of State Energy
The National Association of State Energy is a nonprofit association of State and Territory Energy Offices and affiliates from the private and public sectors. NASEO seeks to improve the effectiveness and quality of state energy programs and policies, and to be a collector and repository of energy-related information.
http://www.naseo.org/
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The National Energy Affordability and Accessibility Project (NEAAP)
The National Energy Affordability and Accessibility Project (NEAAP) provides up-to-date information on the impacts of energy restructuring and other energy market changes on low- and moderate-income households. It is a consumer-oriented website featuring details on energy programs as well as state-by-state overviews on the status of restructuring, news and analysis on consumer-related restructuring activity, and information about consumer protections under restructuring.
http://neaap.ncat.org/
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Heat or Eat: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program andNutritional and Health Risks Among Children Less Than 3 Years of Age
A new study released Nov. 6th by the Boston University School of Medicine shows that children living in households receiving energy assistance were less likely to be undernourished, less likely to suffer from childhood obesity and had lower odds of being hospitalized than children in comparable households not receiving aid. The study, conducted by the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP) assessed the relationship between participation in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the growth and development of young children. The study clearly helps to support the case for adequate funding for LIHEAP.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/5/e1293
- Seasonal Variation in Food Insecurity Is Associated with Heating and Cooling Costs among Low-Income Elderly Americans
In this study we examine the association between household food insecurity and seasonally high heating and cooling costs. Logistic regression models, controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, were estimated using data on household food security and economic and demographic data from the 1995.2001 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplements and state-level data on heating and cooling degree days from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Low-income households, especially those consisting entirely of elderly persons, experienced substantial seasonal differences in the incidence of very low food security (the more severe range of food insecurity) in areas with high winter heating costs and high summer cooling costs. In high-cooling states, the odds of very low food security for poor, elderly only households were 27% higher in the summer than in the winter. In high-heating states, the pattern was reversed for such households; the odds of very low food security were 43% lower in the summer. In light of recent sharp increases in home heating and cooling costs in many parts of the U.S., it is important to understand the extent to which households make tradeoffs between heating and cooling costs and other basic needs that affect their food security.
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/136/11/2939
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