Help keep Massachusetts families warm this winter.
Heating oil prices have risen sharply.
Citizens Energy is partnering with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to launch the Emergency Winter Warmth Fund, a public-private partnership to help low- and middle-income households keep warm this winter.
An extraordinarily difficult winter
For some households this winter, the choice may come down to paying a heating bill or putting food on the table. Families are facing thousands of dollars in heating costs at the same time they are managing higher costs for housing, food, child care and other essentials.
This pressure reaches well into the middle class. Families who have never needed assistance before may find themselves struggling to absorb thousands of dollars in heating costs on top of other basic necessities.
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is committing
- $15 millionto supplement federal funding for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
- $34 millionfor one-time relief to middle-income households that heat with oil
Your contribution goes to work right away
The Commonwealth’s investment will provide meaningful relief, but the need extends beyond available public resources. The delivery system is already in place, so private, tax-deductible contributions go straight into an established community network rather than a new program.
You contribute
Your company makes a tax-deductible gift to the Emergency Winter Warmth Fund through Citizens Energy.
Funds reach local agencies
Donations are transferred to Massachusetts’ 19 Local Administering Agencies and the City of Cambridge, which already connect families with heating help.
Families stay warm
Funds are split evenly between HEAP-eligible households and middle-income heating-oil households.
For nearly 50 years, Citizens Energy has helped households meet their basic energy needs through heating assistance programs that have reached families and community organizations across Massachusetts and the country.
Join Citizens Energy and contribute to the Emergency Winter Warmth Fund
Your support builds on the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s investment and directly expands the heating assistance available to Massachusetts families this winter.
Nicole Caravella Malone, Citizens Energy
ncaravella@citizensenergy.com
Together, we can help Massachusetts families get through an exceptionally difficult winter.
Find your local agency
Heating assistance in Massachusetts is provided through local agencies across the state. This winter, benefits are increasing for HEAP-eligible households, and help is expanding to middle-income households that heat with oil.
Your local agency can tell you if you qualify and help you apply.
Get connected
- Find your local agency and how to apply on Mass.gov
- Call the Cold Relief Heatline: (800) 632-8175