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The Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a 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.
LIHEAP Clearinghouse
The LIHEAP Clearinghouse website provides information for state, tribal and local LIHEAP providers, and others interested in low-income energy issues.
Connecticut State Library
Government Information: (860) 757-6570
Reference desk: (860) 757-6500
http://www.cslib.org/
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
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/
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/
Energy Information Administration provides official energy statistics from the U.S. government.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a leader in the U.S. Department of Energy's effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is environmentally and economically sustainable.
http://www.nrel.gov/
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection.
- ACEEE Consumer Resources
http://www.aceee.org/index.htm
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/
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/
The National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) at Ohio State University is the university based research arm of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and has served the national and international regulatory community for almost three decades with research, analysis, expert testimony and training. Visit NRRI's electronic library at www.nrri.ohio-state.edu/dspace/index.jsp. For information about low income and energy, go to www.nrri.ohio-state.edu/dspace/handle/2068/574 and type in "energy."
http://www.nrri.ohio-state.edu/
Democracy and Regulation is a website dedicated to low-income issues in both regulation and restructuring.
http://www.democracyandregulation.com/columns.cfm?subject_id=25&subject_name=Low%2DIncome
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/
The American Association of Blacks in Energy is a national association of energy professionals founded and dedicated to ensure the input of African Americans and other minorities into the discussions and developments of energy policies regulations, R&D technologies, and environmental issues. Go to http://aabe.org/publications/index.html for publications relating to their agenda.
http://www.aabe.org
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/
- Energy Efficiency for Your Home
- Energy Efficiency for Your Business
- Energy Efficiency in Our Community
The Institute for Sustainable Energy focuses on matters relating to energy education, energy policy, energy efficiency, energy conservation and load management, renewable energy, distributed generation, protection of environmental resources, and the dissemination of useful information on energy alternatives and sustainability to users and providers of energy. The Institute adds an unbiased focus on practical applications and dissemination of information about how to improve the energy profile and sustainability of Connecticut and the region.
http://www.sustainenergy.org
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