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Higher heating costs add to US affordability crunch
Average US heating spending will rise 9.2% this winter due to costly infrastructure repairs and rising electricity demand, stressing low- and middle-income families, NEADA said.
- This winter, US households are expected to spend $995 on heating, a 9.2 percent increase from last year, NEADA forecasts.
- Rising electricity demand, including from data centers, and aging infrastructure and retiring generation units have pushed natural gas prices higher, Penn State's Seth Blumsack said.
- Luz Laboy, Hunting Park Neighborhood Advisory Committee NGO worker, said `It is a lot more stressful this year`, citing delays and fraught LIHEAP processes.
- Qualifying consumers can apply to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for stipends and crisis grants up to $1,000, but consumers face potential shutoffs once the moratorium ends at the end of March.
- Policy fights escalated after President Donald Trump's administration eliminated the Washington LIHEAP staff, but Congress ultimately maintained funding amid rising heating costs affecting middle‑class households, Mark Wolfe said.
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