Sec. 16a-46g. Residential energy audit subsidy program for homes not heated by electricity or natural gas.

(a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 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 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 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; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: Aug. Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-2 effective August 26, 2008; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Office of Policy and Management” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.

Notation

*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.