Heating & Electricity

Client Service Center
510 Cumberland Avenue
Portland, Maine 04101
800-698-4959
207-553-5800
Fax: 207-874-1155
TTY: 207-874-1013

Heating & Electricity

Must be a certified LIHEAP eligible household to qualify.

PROP offers several programs to help with heating improvements and costs for those families that meet income eligibility requirements. For some programs, families with children under 24 months or with members who are elderly or disabled are given priority when applying.

HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program)

For homeowners or renters who have high heating bills in relation to their income. HEAP benefits households by making a supplemental payment on their behalf directly to their fuel vendor, whether the fuel is oil, electricity, coal, gas, or wood.

ELP (Electricity Lifeline Program)

Central Maine Power customers who don't live in subsidized housing may apply for ELP, through which CMP will provide an energy credit on a household's monthly electric bill.

ECIP (Energy Crisis Intervention Program)

This program may provide emergency assistance funds to homeowners and renters when no other funding sources are available. Assistance might be fuel delivery, minor heating system repairs, or preventing a utility disconnection. Funds are not always available.

CHIP (Central Heating Improvement Program)

This program provides funds for repair and/or replacement of central heating systems that are inefficient or threaten occupants' health or safety.

Central Maine Power Assistance Credit

This program allows CMP to provide assistance credit for new single-phase electric services. Income eligible homeowners buying a new home that require a new electric service may apply. CMP will provide a credit to reduce the cost of installing poles and wiring to connect to CMP's distribution line.