Energy rebates: Virginia application for direct payment for heating bills closes in two weeks

Applications for payments from Virginia’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program close in two weeks.

LIHEAP offers low-income families benefits to help pay for heating and cooling systems. In Virginia, residents can send in applications for the program until Nov. 14 to receive assistance paying their heating bills as winter approaches.

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To be eligible, citizens must have heating or cooling bills and a gross monthly income of less than 150% of the federal poverty level. A single-person household cannot make more than $1,822, and a 20-person household cannot make more than $13,922 monthly.

Applicants can submit their applications online or through local departments of social services.

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LIHEAP payments can be used for furnace restarts, late charges, delivery charges, installation charges, and connection or reconnection fees, and they can be applied to heating costs.

Benefits will be sent out in December.