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Dollar Energy Fund - Hardship Programs through Participating Utility Companies

Eligibility

Income guidelines and recent payment history requirements vary by utility company. Visit the website and select the utility company with which you need help to see details. Account holder must live in the home for which they are seeking assistance. Serves customers of the following utility providers ONLY: Allegheny County Sanitary Authority - ALCOSAN Aqua Citizens Electric Clairton Municipal Authority Columbia Gas Duquesne Light Company Lehigh County Authority Met-Ed - A FirstEnergy Company Penelec - A FirstEnergy Company Penn Power - A FirstEnergy Company Pennsylvania American Water Peoples Peoples Gas Company LLC Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Valley Energy Wellsboro Electric West View Water Authority Wilkinsburg Penn Joint Water Authority

Hours

Dollar Energy Fund Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm Community Based Organization Office Intake/Application hours vary.

Application process

Visit the website or call for details and instructions for applying through a Community Based Organization (CBO). Customers of some utility companies can complete part or all of the application on the Dollar Energy Fund website. PLEASE NOTE: PECO and PPL are NOT participating companies. Please reach out to them directly to learn about their internally-managed hardship programs.

Fees

Services provided free of charge.

Service area

Adams, PA Allegheny, PA Armstrong, PA Beaver, PA Bedford, PA Berks, PA Blair, PA Bradford, PA Bucks, PA Butler, PA Cambria, PA Cameron, PA Carbon, PA Centre, PA Chester, PA Clarion, PA Clearfield, PA Clinton, PA Columbia, PA Crawford, PA Cumberland, PA Dauphin, PA Delaware, PA Elk, PA Erie, PA Fayette, PA Forest, PA Franklin, PA Fulton, PA Greene, PA Huntingdon, PA Indiana, PA Jefferson, PA Juniata, PA Lackawanna, PA Lancaster, PA Lawrence, PA Lebanon, PA Lehigh, PA Luzerne, PA Lycoming, PA McKean, PA Mercer, PA Mifflin, PA Monroe, PA Montgomery, PA Montour, PA Northampton, PA Northumberland, PA Perry, PA Pike, PA Potter, PA Schuylkill, PA Snyder, PA Somerset, PA Sullivan, PA Susquehanna, PA Tioga, PA Union, PA Venango, PA Warren, PA Washington, PA Wayne, PA Westmoreland, PA Wyoming, PA York, PA
Assists customers of participating utility companies through grants applied directly to their past-due utility bill. Please visit the website or see below for the list of participating utility companies and to learn how to apply. Applicants can only receive one grant per utility, per program year (October 1 through September 30).

Providing organization

Dollar Energy Fund
Provides assistance and tangible aid to families and individuals experiencing difficulty in affording adequate and safe utility supplies in order to maintain basic living standards. Dollar Energy Fund administers assistance programs for utility companies throughout the United States.