The EHF is a program to help eligible low income residential customers pay their gas bills. Benefits may include reduced rates and credits toward past due balances as monthly payments are paid on time. Call 1-866-276-4055 for more information.

This program is designed to help reduce gas usage, which will then lower your gas bills. A free weatherization audit checks your home to find where it may be losing heat – and your hard earned dollars. The auditor will give you many energy saving tips to help lower your gas bill. Other free services may include furnace tune-ups and adding insulation where needed. Call 1-866-276-4055 for more information.

The Customer Assistance and Referral Evaluation Services (“CARES”) program was developed with the support of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.Peoples TWP CARES representatives work with customers who are having difficulty paying their utility bills. Often these customers face other problems as well. Peoples TWP CARES representatives meet with customers to discuss their circumstances and refer customers to programs and agencies that are equipped to offer financial and social services.

Energy Assistance LIHEAP is a federally funded grant to help customers pay their winter heating bills. To be eligible for this benefit, you must be responsible for home heating costs.

To be eligible for a Crisis grant, you must have an energy emergency. A Crisis grant can help with the following:

• Pay utility bills if your service may be shut off because you could not pay your bill.
• Pay utility bills and the turn-on charge to get service on if your service has been shut off.
• Pay to do any of the following:
  1. buy a new heating system
  2. thaw frozen pipes
  3. repair broken furnaces
  4. repair heat-related water heating systems
  5. repair gas or fuel lines
  6. repair broken windows

You must have made a sincere effort to pay your utility bill in the past six months. You must have a payment agreement with your utility. Peoples TWP has a list of screening agencies where you can apply for a Dollar Energy grant.

Many churches offer financial aid to their parishioners. Some churches have funds set up especially for people who are at risk of losing their utility service. Please contact your church to see if they have such a program.