Additional Program Information
***The application window for the 2024-2025 program season is now open. Please click below to learn how to apply.***
Important Program Dates
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November 1, 2024 |
First day for fuel deliveries that can be paid by the program. |
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April 1, 2025 |
Deadline for fuel authorizations for deliveries. |
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May 30, 2025 |
The last day that a household can apply to establish its eligibility for benefits. |
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June 17, 2025 |
Last day to submit deliverable fuel bills. |
Crisis Heating Assistance Details
Benefits for Households qualifying for Crisis Heating Assistance:
Subject to the availability of funds, the state will implement a Crisis Assistance benefit to address the heating needs of deliverable fuel heated households that have exhausted their Basic Benefits and are still at imminent risk of losing heat.
All eligible deliverable fuel heated households may receive up to three a Crisis Assistance benefits, in the amount of $410.
A redetermination of income eligibility is not required to receive Crisis Assistance. A household qualifying for a Crisis Assistance benefit will receive an authorization for a fuel delivery within forty-eight (48) hours or eighteen (18) hours in life-threatening situations.
Information For Vendors
Please follow this link to the 2011 - 2024 Cumulative Prices
Information from the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) will be used to determine the daily Fixed Margin Price, which will be used to pay oil vendors making deliveries to CEAP households. For FFY 2025, the Fixed Margin Price will be based on the daily New Haven Rack Average OPIS price for ultra-low sulfur red dye distillate heating oil, plus a fixed margin of 50 cents per gallon.
The Fixed Margin Pricing Program also includes county differentials in the pricing mechanism to reflect transportation, delivery, and operation costs. The differentials are based on a county-by-county comparison of retail prices. The county differentials are as follows, and exclude the 50 cents fixed margin:
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Fairfield County |
$0.115 |
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Hartford County |
$0.039 |
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Litchfield County |
$0.067 |
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Middlesex County |
$0.033 |
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New Haven County |
$0.045 |
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New London County |
$0.042 |
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Windham County |
$0.100 |
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Tolland County |
$0.099 |
Performance Measures