Low-Income Residents Still Have Time to Apply for Michigan Home Heating Credit
September 22 2005 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSON, Mich., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Low-income
Michigan residents still have time to apply for a Home Heating
Credit to help pay their winter energy bills. Home Heating Credit
forms must be postmarked by Sept. 30. Forms are available at most
public libraries, Department of Human Services offices, Secretary
of State branch offices, and the Michigan Department of Treasury's
website at http://www.michigan.gov/treasury. The Department of
Treasury offers help in filling out the forms at 800-827-4000. (The
form is MI-1040CR-7.) Last year, 327,543 Michigan residents got
$57.9 million in aid through the program, which is funded by the
federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
"Low-income residents still have time to get assistance through the
Home Heating Credit, but they've got to act now," said Debra
Harmon, who is responsible for Consumers Energy's low-income,
senior citizen, and special needs assistance programs. "Statewide,
only about a third of those eligible applied for LIHEAP energy
assistance last year. That means a lot of people in Michigan missed
out on getting this help for their heating bills," she added. The
credit can be applied to all heating costs, including propane and
firewood purchased through a state of Michigan Home Heating Credit
provider. Harmon noted that November's Consumers Energy bills will
include an insert describing the various energy assistance programs
available to help low-income residents and senior citizens.
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, provides
natural gas and electricity to more than six million of Michigan's
nearly 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. For
more information about Consumers Energy, visit our Website at
http://www.consumersenergy.com/ DATASOURCE: Consumers Energy
CONTACT: Jeff Holyfield, +1-517-788-2394, or Dan Bishop,
+1-517-788-2395, both of Consumers Energy Web site:
http://www.consumersenergy.com/ Company News On-Call:
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