Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

Please select your state:

Dollar Energy Fund currently administers hardship programs in 18 states. If you do not see your state listed, please contact your utility company directly to determine what assistance may be available in your area.

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  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Connecticut
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Nebraska
  • New Mexico
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
 

Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

Who is your utility company?:

Please select your utility company from the list below.

If you do not see your utility company listed, they are not currently partnered with Dollar Energy Fund. You may be eligible for other programs. Please contact your utility company directly to determine what assistance may be available in your area.

Select your utility company
 

Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

What is your income level?:

Use our income calculator to determine your income percentage based on the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines. Remember to factor in all income sources for everyone in your household.

What is your income level?
 

Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

What is the current status of your utility service?:

Your utility service status can impact the assistance options available to you.

What is your status?
 

Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

Quiz Results

Here are your results!

Based on the information provided, you may be eligible for assistance. Please review the program guidelines for the program(s) listed to get additional information and learn how to apply. Program guidelines and eligibility requirements are subject to change.

Dynegy Energy Aid

Dynegy Energy Aid is a first-of-its-kind electricity bill payment assistance program using donated funds to support Pennsylvania and Ohio customers…
Program Guidelines

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's Customer Assistance Program (CAP) offers affordable payment plans for income eligible customers. CAP can help with…
Program Guidelines

Peoples Customer Assistance Program

Peoples Customer Assistance Program (CAP) participants are given affordable, monthly, long-term bill payment plans so they can maintain their gas…
Program Guidelines

Washington Water Service Hardship Program

The Washington Water Service Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Washington…
Program Guidelines

New Mexico Water Service Hardship Program

The New Mexico Water Service Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Hawaii Water Service Hardship Program

The Hawaii Water Service Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Hawaii…
Program Guidelines

Wellsboro Electric Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Wellsboro Electric customers that are applied directly to their…
Program Guidelines

Valley Energy Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Valley Energy customers that are applied directly to their…
Program Guidelines

Peoples and Peoples Gas Company Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Peoples and Peoples Gas Company customers that are applied…
Program Guidelines

Peoples and Peoples Gas Company Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Peoples and Peoples Gas Company customers that are applied…
Program Guidelines

Pennsylvania American Water Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Pennsylvania American Water customers that are applied directly to…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to FirstEnergy customers that are applied directly to their utility…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to FirstEnergy customers that are applied directly to their utility…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to FirstEnergy customers that are applied directly to their utility…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to FirstEnergy customers that are applied directly to their utility…
Program Guidelines

Duquesne Light Company Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides assistance grants to Duquesne Light Company customers that are applied directly to their…
Program Guidelines

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania – Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania customers that are applied directly…
Program Guidelines

Citizens Electric Pennsylvania Hardship Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s Pennsylvania Hardship Program provides one-time assistance grants to Citizens Electric customers that are applied directly to their…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

West Virginia Utility Assistance Program

Dollar Energy Fund’s West Virginia Utility Assistance Program assists eligible utility customers with their gas, electric and water bills. Eligible…
Program Guidelines

Virginia Utility Assistance Program

The Virginia Utility Assistance Program includes Hardship Programs administered by Dollar Energy Fund and assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Virginia Utility Assistance Program

The Virginia Utility Assistance Program includes Hardship Programs administered by Dollar Energy Fund and assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Virginia Utility Assistance Program

The Virginia Utility Assistance Program includes Hardship Programs administered by Dollar Energy Fund and assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Virginia Utility Assistance Program

The Virginia Utility Assistance Program includes Hardship Programs administered by Dollar Energy Fund and assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

AEP SWEPCO’s Neighbor to Neighbor Program

The Neighbor to Neighbor Program, a Hardship Program administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers in Texas with…
Program Guidelines

Tennessee Neighbor to Neighbor Program

The Neighbor to Neighbor Program, a Hardship Program administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Kingsport…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

Are you eligible for PCAP? Must have an active residential electric account. Must have a gross household income at or…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

Are you eligible for PCAP? Must have an active residential electric account. Must have a gross household income at or…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

Are you eligible for PCAP? Must have an active residential electric account. Must have a gross household income at or…
Program Guidelines

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program

Are you eligible for PCAP? Must have an active residential electric account. Must have a gross household income at or…
Program Guidelines

National Fuel Gas Customer Assistance Program (CAP)

The National Fuel Gas Customer Assistance Program (CAP) is a program for residential customers to receive affordable monthly bills and…
Program Guidelines

Aqua Customer Assistance Program (CAP)

The Aqua Customer Assistance Program (CAP) is a discount program designed to provide monthly financial assistance for residential water and/or…
Program Guidelines

Lehigh County Authority Hardship Program

The Lehigh County Authority Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their water…
Program Guidelines

West View Water Authority Hardship Program

The West View Water Authority Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) Hardship Program

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has partnered with Dollar Energy Fund to administer a Hardship Program to assist customers…
Program Guidelines

Clairton Municipal Authority Hardship Program

The Clairton Municipal Authority Hardship Program, which is funded by the Clairton Municipal Authority and the City of Clairton, and…
Program Guidelines

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s (ALCOSAN) Clean Water Assistance Fund

The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority has created the Clean Water Assistance Fund to help families pay their sewage treatment bills.…
Program Guidelines

Pennsylvania American Water’s H20 – Help to Others Program

Through a partnership with Pennsylvania American Water, our Water Assistance Program consists of two parts: Grant through Dollar Energy Fund’s…
Program Guidelines

AEP Ohio Neighbor to Neighbor Program

The AEP Ohio Neighbor to Neighbor Program lends a hand to those who are experiencing financial hardships and need help…
Program Guidelines

Omaha Public Power District’s Customer Assistance Program

The OPPD Customer Assistance Program (CAP) is a pilot program designed to provide financial assistance in the form of a…
Program Guidelines

Metropolitan Utilities District’s Energy Assistance Program

The MUD Energy Assistance Program, a Hardship Program administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Metropolitan…
Program Guidelines

Omaha Public Power District’s Energy Assistance Program

The OPPD Energy Assistance Program, administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Omaha Public Power District electric bills. Customers…
Program Guidelines

AEP SWEPCO’s Neighbor to Neighbor Program

The Neighbor to Neighbor Program, which is a Hardship Program administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers in…
Program Guidelines

Kentucky American Water’s H20 – Help to Others Program

The H20 – Help to Others Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their…
Program Guidelines

Power of Change Program

The Power of Change Program, administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers in the state of Indiana with…
Program Guidelines

I&M Neighbor to Neighbor Program

The I&M Neighbor to Neighbor Program is an emergency relief fund available to qualified I&M customers in Indiana. Administered by…
Program Guidelines

Illinois American Water Income-Based Discount Program

The Illinois American Water Income-Based Discount Program is a program designed to provide utility assistance for residential water and/or wastewater customers.…
Program Guidelines

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Assistance Program

The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Assistance Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with…
Program Guidelines

Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help (REACH)

Need Help with a Past Due Energy Utility Bill The Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help (REACH) program, administered…
Program Guidelines

Cal Water Cares Hardship Program

The Cal Water Cares Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their California…
Program Guidelines

Arkansas Utility Assistance Program

The Arkansas Utility Assistance Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their SWEPCO utility…
Program Guidelines

HeatShare Fuel Fund

The HeatShare Fuel Fund, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Columbia Gas of…
Program Guidelines

Maryland American Water Hardship Program

The Maryland American Water Hardship Program, which is administered by Dollar Energy Fund, assists eligible utility customers with their Maryland…
Program Guidelines

Hardship Program Eligibility Tool

Disclaimer

The eligibility quiz is not an application for assistance. This tool should only be used to help you determine whether you may be eligible for a grant from Dollar Energy Fund. Information and documentation provided during the application process will be verified by Dollar Energy Fund staff. Grants are awarded to eligible utility customers on a first come, first served basis while funding is available.

Quiz Result

Contact Your Utility Company

Based on the information you provided, it appears that you are not eligible for a utility assistance grant from Dollar Energy Fund at this time. We recommend you contact your utility company directly to discuss your account and be screened for any additional assistance programs that may be available through your utility company.