One core purpose of LIHEAP is to
ensure that low-income households have access to necessary home
energy services. By preventing the loss of service to at risk
clients, the program can eliminate the costs of service restoration
(e.g., reconnection charges) and can minimize client health and
safety risks. By restoring services to clients who do not currently
have access to energy service, LIHEAP is eliminating a significant
risk to the health and safety of clients. The prevention and
restoration of home energy services measures are designed to be
complimentary. As LIHEAP grantees are successful in increasing the
number of households where loss of home energy is prevented, we
hope to see a decrease in the number of households needing to have
energy services restored. Based on the data collected from
grantees, OCS will calculate the performance measures and report
the results through the annual budget development process and in
the annual LIHEAP Report to Congress. Once the data are published
in the LIHEAP Report to Congress, grantees will be able to compare
their own results to the results for other states, as well as to
regional and national summaries through the LIHEAP Performance
Measurement website.
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USC 8621 Name of Law: Low-Income Energy Assistance
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