Sec. 16a-46g. Residential energy audit subsidy program for homes not heated by electricity or natural gas.
Sec. 16a-46g. Residential energy audit subsidy program for homes not heated
by electricity or natural gas. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall establish
an energy audit subsidy program for qualified oil companies and other entities that
conduct energy audits for people who heat their homes by a means other than electricity
or natural gas, including, but not limited to, residential home heating oil customers. The
program shall cover the balance of the cost of such audits conducted from September
1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, inclusive, by qualified oil companies and other entities that
can show they (1) provided an energy audit to a residential customer, and (2) collected
a seventy-five-dollar fee from the customer for such audit.
(b) The sum of seven million dollars is appropriated from the funds credited to the
General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, pursuant to subsection (a) of
section 1 of public act 08-2 of the August special session* to the Office of Policy and
Management for the energy audit subsidy program established pursuant to subsection
(a) of this section.
(c) Any unexpended funds appropriated for purposes of this section shall not lapse
at the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, but shall be available for expenditure
during the next fiscal year.
(Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2, S. 9.)
*Note: Section 1 of public act 08-2 of the August special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified
but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2 effective August 26, 2008.