Table of Contents
Press Releases

03/10/2023
Governor Lamont Extends Protection Period of time for Deliverable Gasoline Assistance Beneath the Connecticut Energy Aid System To March 31
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today introduced that he has directed the Connecticut Section of Social Services (DSS) to lengthen the protection period of time for homes receiving deliverable gasoline guidance underneath the Connecticut Electrical power Aid System (CEAP) in the course of the 2022-2023 wintertime year to March 31, 2023. The initial deadline to acquire gasoline deliveries this winter season year was March 15, 2023.
Governor Lamont described that many thanks to the get the job done of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation in securing unprecedented fiscal yr 2023 federal funding for the method, the condition has resources obtainable to supply for a slight extension to the deadline, offering people a few further days to receive guidance for fuel deliveries. Homes that heat their households with deliverable fuels this kind of as property heating oil, propane, or kerosene will now have right up until March 31, 2023, to post requests to their gasoline vendors for deliveries and acquire support below CEAP for these deliveries. Permitted CEAP households need to make contact with their gas vendors right before the conclude of March to ask for supply.
“While it has been a somewhat gentle wintertime so considerably, we however have a number of months to go right before warmer weather conditions will take hold,” Governor Lamont claimed. “We have the capability to supply homes with a slight extension to the period necessary to get deliverable gasoline into their tanks for this winter season year. Those people homes that are acquiring guidance beneath this program must make contact with their deliverable gas service provider prior to the March 31 deadline.”
CEAP can help Connecticut homes afford the expense of vitality calendar year-round, with a distinct target on guaranteeing that homes get assistance heating their properties each and every wintertime. Plan added benefits and deadlines are established just about every yr to make certain that the funding allocated to the software is enough to satisfy demand and give as a lot support to households as feasible. The software is administered by DSS.
“The Section of Social Services understands firsthand that people are struggling with high fees for power,” DSS Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves said. “By extending the CEAP deliverable gas deadline, we are giving households extra time to get support having to pay for the strength they need to have to keep heat all through the very last months of wintertime and the to start with months of spring. The governor is committed to supporting our state’s most susceptible families and we are proud to be a partner in giving that help.”
This wintertime period, thanks to supplemental federal funding, the state has available all deliverable gasoline households an more $430 reward, which signifies families heating with deliverable fuels like heating oil and propane can now accessibility up to $2,320 per household to aid pay out their heating costs. Whole rewards for deliverable gasoline homes now vary from $1,110 to $2,320, up from $680 to $1,890 below the unique allocation program for this 12 months, or by as significantly as 63% for particular households.
For extra information on CEAP, including directions on how to use, check out ct.gov/heatinghelp or phone 2-1-1.
- 
- Twitter: @GovNedLamont
- Fb: Business of Governor Ned Lamont