Soaring electricity prices are rising nearly twice as fast as inflation, driving millions of Americans into energy poverty. Exposure to extreme heat intensifies health and financial risks. With federal aid shrinking and state shut-off protections uneven, families face mounting debt, higher shut-off rates, and dangerous trade-offs between cooling their homes and meeting basic needs. This […] The post The Cost of Power: How Soaring Electric Rates Are Deepening Energy Poverty in America appear...| NEADA.ORG
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As the United States faces yet another summer of record-breaking temperatures, the threat to low-income families is immediate and life-threatening. Earlier this week, more than 185 million Americans—stretching from the East Coast to the Central U.S.—were living under heat advisories. In the face of this crisis, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), which represents […] The post States Call for Utilities to Suspend Shut-Offs During Heat Emergencies appeared first...| NEADA.ORG
Today, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA) and the Center for Energy Poverty and Climate (CEPC) released their annual Summer Residential Cooling Outlook. We have found that consumers are going to be hit with record high prices for home cooling this summer, as the average cost of electricity is projected to reach $784, a […] The post Summer Residential Cooling Outlook: Record High Home Cooling Prices appeared first on NEADA.ORG.| NEADA.ORG
Consumers are going to be hit with record high prices for home cooling this summer, as the average cost of electricity is projected to reach $784, a 6.2% increase from $737 last year and the highest cost of electricity on record. Prices are rising for two reasons: the cost of electricity is rising faster than […] The post Press Release: Summer Residential Cooling Outlook Shows Record High Prices appeared first on NEADA.ORG.| NEADA.ORG
NEADA submitted testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on June 13 that warned Congress that LIHEAP is in crisis. Between the entire federal staff that oversees the program being eliminated by the Trump Administration, delays in the final $387 million of fiscal year 2025 funding, and […] The post NEADA Senate Testimony Warns About LIHEAP Being in Crisis appeared first on NEADA.ORG.| NEADA.ORG
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The President’s FY 26 Budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) would eliminate $4 billion in assistance to 6 million very low-income households that rely on LIHEAP to pay their home heating and cooling bills. The President’s proposal to gut federal support could not come at a worse time for the households served […] The post Presidential Budget: LIHEAP Zero appeared first on NEADA.ORG.| NEADA.ORG