缅因州获3670万美元联邦取暖援助提前拨付 全州约半数家庭靠燃油取暖、油价逼近6美元
缅因州获联邦卫生与公众服务部提前拨付3670万美元的低收入家庭能源援助计划（LIHEAP）资金，另有约141万美元拨予 Wabanaki Nations。联邦参议员 Susan Collins 办公室宣布，这是该计划历史上最早的拨付之一；去年受联邦政府停摆影响，资金迟至12月才到位，今年则提前在取暖季开始前拨付。
缅因州对取暖油的依赖在全美名列前茅：全州约半数家庭以燃油取暖，这一比例已从2010年的70%有所下降但仍居高位。据州能源资源部数据，10月5日全州取暖油平均价格为每加仑5.97美元，同比上涨约79%；9月21日曾创下6.02美元的历史纪录。
取暖援助（HEAP）申请已于8月3日开放，通过 MaineHousing 受理，受理至资金用完或2027年5月29日为止；申请设有收入上限，例如一人户为38070美元、二人户为49784美元。Collins 表示，在取暖油价格逼近历史高位之际，提前拨付能让低收入家庭在严冬到来前获得确定性。
Maine Receives $36.7 Million in Early Federal Heating Assistance as Oil Prices Near $6 a Gallon
Maine will receive $36,675,395 in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with an additional $1,408,729 for the Wabanaki Nations. Senator Susan Collins's office announced the release is among the earliest in the program's history; last year, funding was delayed until December by the federal government shutdown.
Maine relies on heating oil more than almost any state: roughly half of its households heat with oil, down from 70% in 2010 but still high. According to the Maine Department of Energy Resources, the statewide average heating oil price was $5.97 a gallon on October 5, about 79% higher than a year earlier, after hitting a record $6.02 on September 21.
HEAP applications opened August 3 through MaineHousing and will be accepted until funding runs out or May 29, 2027, with income limits such as $38,070 for a one-person household. Collins said the early release gives low-income families certainty before winter as oil prices hover near record highs.
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