12/8/2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin has approved a Supplemental Regular Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) payment for West Virginia’s elderly, disabled and low-income families who received a Regular LIEAP payment for the current winter heating season.
Additional funding has allowed the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to provide the supplemental payment to eligible residents’ utility companies. Gov. Manchin approved this supplement as a measure to help offset rising heating costs.
“We are fortunate to have additional funding for this program, which will allow us to help the less-fortunate in our state with their heating bills,” Manchin said. “The recent cold snap makes us all realize the importance of energy assistance and the critical need that this program helps to meet.”
Each resident who applied for and received a Regular LIEAP payment this LIEAP season will receive an additional $200 Regular LIEAP Supplemental Payment to be applied to their home heating account. This payment is automatic.
Customers who received a Regular LIEAP payment will not have to apply for the supplemental payment. All payments are expected to be issued in mid- to late-January 2009. If you received a Regular LIEAP payment for bulk fuel, such as wood, coal, liquid petroleum, fuel oil, etc., the payment will be sent to the address currently listed with DHHR.
Contact Information
Dan Hartwell
304-558-8290