Oh, good, they’re trying to help with the problem they helped make worse post Chinese Coronavirus. Also, it’s a cute little bribe
Harris to announce over $13 billion in assistance to help cut energy costs this winter
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will announce new steps the Biden administration is taking to help lower energy costs for Americans this winter.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is providing $4.5 billion in assistance to help cut heating costs for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), according to the White House.
“In addition to covering home heating costs this winter and unpaid utility bills, the program will help families make cost-effective home energy repairs to lower their heating and cooling bills,” the White House said in a statement.
If people cannot afford their heating, how do they afford weatherization? For one thing, these are low income Americans. As a baseline, you cannot make more than $20,385 a year as a single person.
The U.S. Department of Energy will also allocate $9 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to support up to 1.6 million households nationwide in upgrading their homes to decrease energy bills. This will be separated into two rebate programs: one for whole home energy efficiency retrofits and another for highly efficient and electric home appliances, according to the White House.
Except, there are no standards, no income guidelines, nothing. When will we know what this covers and who can get it? Next spring? Winter is coming on pretty quick.
Nearly half of U.S. households rely on natural gas for heating and their bills could jump 28% this winter, compared with last winter, while bills for heating oil are projected to be 27% higher and electricity 10% higher, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an independent agency within the U.S. Department of Energy.
Democrats have been trying to wack natural gas and heating oil well before Wuhan flu, and their policies have made the cost worse through various manners, including creating shortages. And giving people money makes them more reliant on government, more beholden to government, forgetting that government is partially responsible for creating the problem.
Oh, and you know what happens when government subsidizes something? The cost goes up.
