Home Heating Credit Applications

This program offers financial assistance to Michigan residents with low or very low incomes to pay for their home heating costs.  Eligible applicants can get $200 or more for their winter energy bills through this program.  People that do not submit state tax returns can also get this tax credit.  This credit is for all types of heating including propane, electricity, fuel oil and even purchased fire wood.  If heat is included in the rent, a person mighy be eligible to receive a rebate check.  People that pay the gas company directly get an energy draft (basically a coupon that they can submit in place of money toward the next bill).  Recently, people have been reporting that Michigan has been sending the money directly to the gas companies, which in turn becomes a credit on the person's energy bills.
 
Applications for this Home Heating Credit must be submitted before September 30 of each year.  The form is called the Home Heating Credit (MI-1040CR-7) and can be found at most public libraries, Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services or by calling Consumers Energy at 800-477-5050.  To find out the income limits, go to Consumers Energy's Energy Answers section on its website: www.consumersenergy.com or call the Accounting Aid Society at 313-647-9620 or go to www.acountingaidsociaety.org/pages/index.cfm. 

Last updated: April 19th, 2012