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…more people to apply. (The increase in financial aid comes from federal legislation that gave Illinois $41.8 million in extra funding for the program.) Adjustments were also made to the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program, increasing the eligible income level to 200 percent of the poverty level and increasing the monthly assistance amount. PIPP is available for LIHEAP…

…cents per kWh for usage beyond that.) The HEAT Act would prevent high rates from alternative suppliers from sucking up limited public energy assistance funds, such as LIHEAP (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program) and PIPP (Percentage of Income Payment Plan), and it would require suppliers to report their rates to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) and Attorney General Raoul. To…

…she had signed up for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) within the last couple weeks and had been accepted for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), both programs that CUB supports to help people stay current on their utility bills. The fact that Paige paid 13.13 cents per kWh means she needed a bigger LIHEAP benefit…

…is a supplemental block grant added to maintain or restore energy service and is determined by the amount of the bill. Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) LIHEAP clients who are customers of Ameren, ComEd, Nicor Gas or Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas may choose to enroll in PIPP. Under PIPP, clients pay a percentage of their income, receive a monthly…

A program that helps low-income seniors and families stay current with their utility bills was reinstated after budget disputes in Springfield suspended it for a year. However, due to the program’s popularity the funding has run out in Cook County and is going fast in other counties. The Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) allows low-income households to get help…

…worked together to restore state funding for PIPP starting in the fall of 2016. (Read CUB’s statement.) CUB fought for PIPP’s creation, in state legislation signed in 2009. The program helps fixed-income households manage their utility bills and prevent expensive and dangerous disconnection and reconnection cycles, while encouraging participants to pay their bills on time. Under the program, participating low-income…

…his electric bills affordable. The program helps an estimated 50,000 low-income households cover their utility bills–as long as the participants pay at least 6 percent of their gross income toward those bills. However, PIPP participants received bad news this June. To fill a $4 billion gap in the budget, the state of Illinois suspended PIPP indefinitely. Crawford had been on…

…for it, through “uncollectible” charges on our utility bills. Residential customers do pay 48 cents per utility bill to support PIPP, but that’s a small price to pay to reduce uncollectible costs. By keeping people up-to-date on their bills, PIPP helps reduce costs for everyone. For now, PIPP is a victim of the budget battles in Springfield, and a lot…

…cut power to Veda’s home, as it was scheduled to do that day. But Veda’s work wasn’t over yet. CUB then connected her to the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, or PIPP, a cutting-edge assistance program that the consumer group fought for in Springfield. (Read more about PIPP below.) It was a happy development for Veda, but CUB gets thousands…