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Tuesday, January 16, 2018. 1:00PM. Webinar: Using Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funds for Low-Income Solar. Jason Edens, Rural Renewable Energy Alliance; Bill Freeman, Office of Home Energy Programs at the Maryland Department of Human Resources. Sponsored by Clean Energy State Alliance. More information here.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists low-income families with their home energy bills. LIHEAP serves as an emergency bill assistance service, but state LIHEAP administrators have flexibility to use some program funds to reduce long-term dependence on energy assistance. Some argue that these LIHEAP funds should be used for low-income solar.