(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg yesterday from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), PUC Chairman Steve DeFrank helped lead a national discussion on energy affordability this week at the 2026 Winter Policy Summit of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in Washington D.C., culminating in the adoption of a resolution supporting adequate and timely federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The resolution was adopted by the NARUC Board of Directors and urges Congress and the Administration to ensure predictable, sustained funding for LIHEAP, which is a long-standing federal program that helps vulnerable households manage cooling, heating and crisis-related energy costs, while supporting both energy efficiency improvements and weatherization.