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LIHEAP AT RISK
“ There is a very strong chance that the White House will propose zeroing out the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ( LIHEAP ) program , as it did during the first Trump Administration ,” the National Energy & Fuels Institute reports in its latest newsletter . “ We all understand how important the funding from LIHEAP is to customers struggling with rising food and utility prices as well as the costs
STEPHEN BENNETT to maintain their heating equipment and purchase fuel .” The National Energy & Utility Affordability Coalition ( NEUAC ) produced an “ Open Letter to Senate and House Committees on Appropriations ” in time for LIHEAP Action Day on March 4 , 2025 , NEFI said , noting that it signed the letter , and asking that companies and other industry associations do so , too .
“ While we believe that a majority of members in both the House and Senate Committees support LIHEAP funding , they still need to hear your voices on this vital issue ,” the Institute said in the Feb . 10 issue of its newsletter , NEFI Energy & Online News ( NEON ).
Industry groups also voiced concerns about building electrification policies enacted under the previous administration . On February 21 , national organizations expressed their concerns in a letter to Secretary Chris Wright of the Department of Energy and Administrator Lee Zeldin of the Environmental Protection Agency .
The letter , which was submitted by the National Energy & Fuels Institute along with the American Public Gas Association , American Supply Association , National Association of Oil & Energy Service Professionals , National Propane Gas Association , and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors ( PHCC ) National Association , commended both Wright and Zeldin for their commitment to promoting affordability and consumer choice . It asked that they give special attention to electrification programs established by the Inflation Reduction Act ( IRA ) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( IIJA ), many of which were “ designed to support state and local efforts to ban conventional heating fuels and appliances and force residential electrification , policies that would exponentially increase the cost of housing while limiting access to affordable home comfort solutions .”
FON IS 90 ! This year , Fuel Oil News magazine is celebrating 90 years of continuous publication . To mark this milestone , we are publishing article excerpts and pictures that have appeared in our pages over the decades . We hope to expand the scope of this project to depict the development of the industry as a whole over that time . To that end we encourage fuel marketers and suppliers of products , equipment , and services to share memories and pictures . Please contact the editor , Stephen Bennett , by phone ( 763-383-4406 ) or by email : stephen . bennett50 @ gmail . com . l FON
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A driver for Marandola Fuel Service delivers fuel in New Milford , Connecticut , in January 2007 . Fuel Oil News file photo .
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