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Help When You Need It Most.
TrueNorth Community Services’ emPower™ heat and energy program assists people struggling to afford their utility and deliverable fuels bills in Michigan, helping them to become self-sufficient.
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We are not currently accepting applications to assist with one-time help on past-due heat and energy bills. We have also reached capacity for enrollments in affordable payment plans. However, we are accepting applications for our Self-Sufficiency Services.
Please contact Michigan 211 by phone at 2-1-1 or online at https://www.mi211.org/ to find other heat and energy assistance.
Please contact heatingmyhome.org if you are in need of direct assistance to see if there is assistance available.
About Us
Many people in Michigan struggle to pay their heat and energy bills. Cold comes fast when warmth can’t be found. emPower™ wants to keep you warm. We work with you to find ways to afford paying those bills. Get help with electric, natural gas, propane, wood, pellets, fuel oil, coal and other fuels through emPower.
For 2021-2022, emPower™ provided 7,623 households with direct assistance payments. We also enrolled 4,994 households into Consumers Energy’s CARE Program, DTE Energy’s LSP Program, SEMCO Energy’s MAP program, UPPCO’s EASE Program and Great Lakes Energy’s Pathway Program.
emPower™ served households in all 83 Michigan counties in 2021-2022. More than $11.5 million in direct-assistance payments were made through emPower to 206 utility and energy providers in Michigan.

TrueNorth Community Services
6308 S. Warner Avenue | P.O. Box 149
Fremont, MI 49412
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