(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visits the Hershey Company’s new manufacturing plant in Hershey, Pa., Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro made an announcement in Pennsylvania earlier this week that his administration, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, secured a commitment from utility companies that they would not shut off electricity or heat in November for homes that are eligible for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This program, also called LIHEAP, usually has a shut-off moratorium in December, but this agreement began its temporary postponement on November 1st. Even though the shutdown of the federal government in the United States of America is still in effect, LIHEAP provides assistance from the federal government to help pay cooling and heating bills for low-income households.