Advocacy groups are lobbying Capitol Hill and utilities to figure out how to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills as federal aid runs out during the government shutdown.
“The next 30 days are going to be really dicey,” Katrina Metzler, executive director of the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition, said in an interview Monday, referring to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which protects the health and well-being of approximately 6 million families unable to afford heating and cooling expenses.
While supplemental aid for needy households from non-federal entities varies from state to state, providers expect federal LIHEAP ...