19 services in Berks County. LIHEAP is the federal grant that pays part of a heating bill each winter and a crisis grant when the heat is about to go off; it is applied for through the state and closes when the season ends. Every utility also runs an income-based payment plan and a hardship fund, and free weatherization makes the house cheaper to heat.
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UGI Utilities offers Budget Billing, a free service that spreads your natural gas or electric costs evenly over the year so your bill stays about the same each month instead of spiking in heating or…
From UGI Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities runs WRAP, which gives income-eligible customers a no-cost energy assessment, free energy-saving products and energy tips meant to lower electric use over the long term. You…
From PPL Electric Utilities
Countywide
Met-Ed runs a home weatherization program for FirstEnergy Pennsylvania customers with lower incomes, sending a trained educator to your home to find why your electric bills are high and installing…
From Met-Ed
PPL Electric Utilities runs Operation HELP, which gives cash grants to families who are struggling to pay their electric bills. The grants are applied directly to your bill, and you do not have to…
From PPL Electric Utilities
West Reading
The Borough of West Reading asks utility customers who are experiencing financial hardship to visit or call Borough Hall immediately to make payment arrangements. A Repayment Plan Agreement is useful…
From Borough of West Reading
PPL Electric Utilities has payment arrangements and other programs for customers who are having trouble paying their electric bill, including people facing a scheduled shut off. Payment arrangements…
From PPL Electric Utilities
The Borough of Kutztown publishes a short list of organizations that its residents have turned to for help paying a utility bill. The borough itself does not describe giving out the money; it names…
From Borough of Kutztown
Countywide · Taking applications
Dollar Energy Fund gives one-time grants that are applied directly to the electric bill of customers of Met-Ed and the other FirstEnergy companies in Pennsylvania, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn…
From Dollar Energy Fund
Countywide · Seasonal
The LIHEAP Emergency Services Program, formerly known as the LIHEAP Crisis Interface Program, pays for emergency heating repairs and replacements for Pennsylvania households with low incomes. The…
From Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Countywide · Not taking applications right now
UGI Utilities points its customers to LIHEAP, Pennsylvania's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which offers energy assistance grants to income-qualified customers to help pay for heat. The…
From UGI Utilities
UGI Utilities runs a Customer Assistance Program, called CAP, that sets your monthly gas or electric payment based on your household income or your average bill, whichever is lower, and forgives part…
From UGI Utilities
Countywide
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission publishes guidance and a standard form that customers and medical professionals can use when a medical condition in the household is a reason to keep a…
From Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Reading
Muhlenberg Township Authority, the municipal agency that provides water and sewer service to about 9,200 customers, offers a military discount that takes 10 percent off a household's sewer bill. Only…
From Muhlenberg Township Authority
West Reading
The Borough of West Reading offers an optional payment program, the Budget Payment Plan, for residential customers who find it hard to fit the quarterly water, sewer and refuse bill into their…
From Borough of West Reading
PPL Electric Utilities runs OnTrack, a program for customers who need help with their electric bill. It replaces your regular bill with fixed monthly payments and forgives part of a past due balance.…
From PPL Electric Utilities
UGI Utilities runs the Operation Share Energy Fund, which gives energy assistance grants to UGI customers who have trouble paying their heating bills. The fund has done this since 1983 and became a…
From UGI Utilities
Reading
The Reading Area Water Authority can put customers who need more time to pay a water bill balance on a payment plan. You call the Customer Service Department, review your balance with a customer…
From Reading Area Water Authority
Countywide
Dollar Energy Fund handles enrollment in the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program, known as PCAP, for customers of Met-Ed, Penn Power, Penelec and West Penn Power. PCAP is designed to…
From Dollar Energy Fund
Countywide
Met-Ed offers short-term help through its Customer Assistance & Referral Evaluation Services program to residential customers who have fallen behind on their electric bill because of a temporary…
From Met-Ed
Every rule, cost and phone number here comes from the provider. We are a guide to Berks County, not the program: call before you go. If something is wrong, every service page has a report link, and our corrections policy says what happens next.