Tough winter predicted for low-income families- Oil and Gas News

Last winter, Energy Outreach Colorado and the Colorado Low Income Energy Assistance Program helped about 105,000 households with an average benefit of about $370. Xcel Energy is projecting its Colorado residential customers’ heating bills will drop 11 percent this winter compared to last winter amid lower natural gas prices. Arnold says Energy Outreach Colorado expects combined natural gas and electric bills to go up 5 to 8 percent for most residential customers from November through April compared with the same period last year. Dorothea Yancy, 70, talks Friday at the Energy Assistance Expo in Denver about the help she has received to pay her energy bills. read more

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