Funding Provides Expanded Emergency Energy Assistance for Vulnerable Households Through 2029 SMYRNA, Ga. (Aug. 21, 2026) The Heating Energy Assistance Team (HEAT), a statewide Georgia nonprofit dedicated to helping vulnerable households meet their energy needs, announces that the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved HEAT’s petition for $1.2 million in Universal Service Fund (USF) emergency heating assistance funding for the 2027-2029 program period. The PSC approved the petition during its meeting earlier in August under Docket No. 12897, Universal Service Fund Grant Program to Assist Low-Income Senior Citizens and Other Low-Income Citizens, ensuring continued emergency assistance for low-income natural gas customers served on the Atlanta Gas Light distribution system. The funding will help HEAT provide critical assistance to households facing natural gas disconnection, restoring service to families in crisis and helping vulnerable Georgians maintain safe and warm homes during the winter heating season. “Today’s approval represents a tremendous investment in the health, safety and well-being of Georgia families,” said Nichelle A. Mitchem Adamson, executive director of HEAT. “We are deeply grateful to the Georgia PSC for recognizing the growing need for emergency energy assistance and for its continued commitment to supporting low and moderate-income seniors, individuals with disabilities and families with children throughout our state.” Since receiving its…
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