Maryland State and Local Funds

• The state added one-time funding of $13 million to the Maryland Energy Assistance program to help low-income families with their heating bills and $400,000 for Maryland's Weatherization Assistance Program for 2006.
  
  
• Local energy tax dollars are given in a rebate to low-income households in two counties. In St. Mary's County, the list of certified MEAP households is provided and direct payment of $55 is sent to MEAP households. In Prince George's County, the MEAP grant is increased by $72 per household.
  
  
• Low-income households of adult disabled persons are paid monthly with Transitional Emergency, Medical, and Housing Assistance (TEMHA) funds, of which $40 is designated to energy assistance.

Note: Leveraging reports do not always give a complete statewide picture. Some resources are not reported through leveraging or are under reported.

LEVERAGING

2006: $2 million
2005: $1.8 million
2004: $8 million
2003: $460,261
2002: $7.8 million
2001: $6.6 million
2000: $6.4 million
1999: $6.6 million
1998: $6.9 million
1997: $6.6 million
1996: $1.9 million
1995: $8.4 million
1994: $11.9 million (includes PVE funds)
1993: $13.4 million (includes PVE funds)
1992: $3.9 million (includes PVE funds)
1991: $4.3 million (includes PVE funds)

Page Last Updated: April 16, 2007