LANSING – Low-income households struggling to pay utility bills may be able to get assistance through an additional $22 million in Michigan Energy Assistance Program grants to eight of the organizations previously awarded funds for 2015, the Public Service Commission announced Monday.

In mid-February, the Department of Human Services announced it would make available an additional $22 million in federal funds to support the 2015 Michigan Energy Assistance Program grants, at which time the PSC notified previous grantees about the additional funds. The commission received nine applications for more funds, and on Monday finalized who would be awarded what.

The awards, pending Administrative Board approval, were given to Consumers Energy Company ($2.5 million), DTE Energy ($3 million), Flat River Outreach Ministries near Lowell ($34,812), Michigan Community Action Agency Association ($3.6 million), Society of St. Vincent de Paul of the Archdiocese of Detroit ($1 million), Superior Watershed Partnership ($1,245,188), The Salvation Army ($3.725 million), and TrueNorth Community Services ($6.875 million).

The additional grants bring the total awarded in the fiscal year 2015 to $111.5 million.

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