[Last updated: 12/11/2025]
Low-Income Energy Programs
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Local LIHEAP Administering Agency Contacts
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Weatherization Assistance Program
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LIHEAP FY 2026 Funding
$51,263,152
LIHEAP Income Eligibility Level
Heating, Cooling, & Crisis: 60% State Median Income
Weatherization: 200% Federal Poverty Guidelines
LIHEAP FY 2026 Benefit
Heating and cooling: $200 minimum, $800 maximum
Crisis: $1,000 maximum
LIHEAP Households Served in FY 2024
Heating: 23,770
Cooling: 80,008
Year-round Crisis: 25,133
Weatherization: 702
LIHEAP Program Dates
Heating: November 15 - March 15
Cooling: April 1 - September 30
Crisis: Year-round
Weatherization: Year-round (July-start)
Utility
Low-Income Energy Efficiency
Entergy
Entergy Solutions Income-Qualified Weatherization
Reduces the up-front cost of an variety of energy efficiency upgrades. Residential customers who meet the income qualification of 200% of the poverty level are eligible to receive free energy efficiency upgrades for their home.
Emergency Charitable Assistance
Please note these charitable funds are last resort emergency funds with limited resources and limited times of operation.
Atmos Energy
Sharing the Warmth
Customer donations combine with company donations to help people pay their gas bills. All donations go directly to local people in need that meet criteria established by each individual program's guidelines.
Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Share Program
Customer donations are distributed among the area parishes through each local community action agency to assist needy families.
Dixie Electric Membership Corporation
Operation Round-UP®
An assistance program funded by DEMCO members who have their monthly utility bills "rounded up" to the nearest dollar to assist the elderly, handicapped, and other needy individuals and families.
225-665-0317
CLECO
Power of Sharing Fund
Customers donate to a fund to help needy elderly and disabled customers. Monies collected through the fund are used to assist with energy bills, purchase fans and blankets, weatherize homes, and make minor repairs to heating and cooling units. The Louisiana Association of Councils on Aging administers the fund. 1-800-622-6537
https://www.cleco.com/customer-assistance-programs
Entergy
The Power to Care
Helps low-income, elderly or disabled customers pay their energy bills in times of financial distress.
1-800-368-3749
Lafayette Utility System
Share the Light
In 1983, LUS and the Lafayette Catholic Service Center began the Share the Light program, an emergency utility relief program for those individuals who cannot obtain other forms of assistance.
337-233-7788
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
Operation Round-Up
Customer donations provide grants to needy individuals requiring assistance with a wide variety of needs. Prescription medications, artificial limbs, eyeglasses, medical care, wheelchairs, ramps or other handicap renovations are examples of the grants awarded each month. No utility bills are paid through this program.
337-896-5384
Lights On
Assistance for qualifying customers who have experienced a minor emergency and cannot pay their electric bill. The maximum amount of assistance is $100 and can be requested once a year.
337-235-4972 ext. 1116
Southwestern Electric Power Company (AEP)
Neighbor to Neighbor
SWEPCO matches customer contributions dollar for dollar up to $2500 per month. The United Way office in Shreveport, LA administers the program through various agencies in SWEPCO's service territory. To apply, customers must provide a disconnection notice to the local agency administering the funds.
1-888-216-3523
