Help and assistance with utility and heating bills in Oregon
The Oregon Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is federally funded assistance program. It is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and this is not an entitlement program. LIEAP is an assistance program that is designed to help lower income households with home heating bills and utility bills.
The Oregon Energy Assistance Program (OEAP) was created during back in the 1990s during the 1999 legislative session. The funding for this assistance program is generated from all categories of utility customers who receive electricity serviced through investor-based electricity providers in Oregon. The OEAP program also is not an entitlement program. It is an assistance program that is designed to assist lower income households, and those experiencing a financial hardship, who are in danger of having their electricity or utility service disconnected due to home heating costs.
The Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program in Oregon provides energy conservation and weatherization and services at no cost to households that are below about 70 percent of Oregon statewide median income. Primary funding for this assistance program is from the U.S. Department of Energy, with other funds provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the Bonneville Power Administration, and utility companies.
You can apply for these programs to save on your electric and heating bills, and all utilities companies participate in these, including Emerald PUD, Portland General Electric, Eugene Water & Electric Board, and Salem Electric.
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