FY 1995 State Leveraging

Summary and Table
Compiled by the LIHEAP Clearinghouse

--ALABAMA: Resources: $5,522,907. Award: $268,238
$3,145,277 -- utility discounts
$1,585,701 -- fuel funds
$791,929 -- utility business trust fund for emergency assistance

--ALASKA: Resources: $7,964,845. Award: $726,480
$4,333,721 -- state fund to supplement weatherization program
$3,631,124 -- state funds (State Power Cost Equalization Program that subsidizes electric bills of low-income people in remote areas)

--ARIZONA: Resources: $4,102,932. Award: $367,972
$3,361,113 -- utility discounts
$454,324 -- state/local funds
$128,225 -- utility-funded weatherization
$125,823 -- fuel funds
$25,588 -- donations (heating and cooling equipment)
$5,359 -- church/community/charitable
$2,500 -- discounts (weatherization materials)

--ARKANSAS: Resources: $218,796. Award: $12,757
$218,796 -- fuel funds and other private resources

--CALIFORNIA: Resources: $80,034,204. Award: $1,800,961
$57,993,828 -- mandated utility rate discount
$12,813,299 -- utility-funded weatherization, including utility appliance programs (energy efficient refrigerators, water heaters, ranges, furnaces) and utility weatherization inspections
$6,674,131 -- fuel funds
$1,799,547 -- discounted weatherization materials, equipment
$709,989 -- donated equipment, weatherization materials, services, labor
$43,410 -- utility fee waivers

--COLORADO: Resources: $6,849,662. Award: $229,902
$3,401,314 -- state funds (property tax heat rebate)
$2,273,039 -- utility-funded weatherization
$910,751 -- fuel funds, including $779,508 from the Colorado Energy Assistance Foundation, which raises money from a variety of private sources to supplement LIHEAP
$193,738 -- utility deposit waivers
$70,820 -- utility discounts

--CONNECTICUT: Resources: $19,541,560 Award: $568,884
$9,601,581 -- state funds for energy assistance to supplement LIHEAP ($7.8 million) and $1.8 million for energy assistance for elderly-disabled
$5,828,927 -- gas utility arrearage forgiveness
$1,246,329 -- statewide Fixed Margin Oil Program
$1,541,891 -- utility-funded weatherization
$741,238 -- electric utility arrearage forgiveness
$581,594 -- statewide fuel fund

--DELAWARE: Resources: $309,523. Award: $35,584
$202,665-- fuel funds
$82,984 -- utility weatherization
$23,874 -- church/community/charitable contributions

--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Resources: $1,619,194. Award: $162,975
$1,619,194 -- mandated gas and electric utility discounts

--FLORIDA: Resources: $574,218. Award: $21,061
$574,218 -- fuel funds

--IDAHO: Resources: $758,973. Award: $46,258
$274,325 -- utility-funded weatherization
$369,394 -- fuel funds
$52,342 -- state/local funds
$34,433 church/community/charitable
$28,479 -- landlord contributions to weatherization

ILLINOIS: Resources: $7,784,075. Award: $158,941
$6,137,965 -- utility waivers
$1,037,242 -- utility fuel funds
$320,868 -- landlord contributions to furnace program
$145,000 -- community/church/charitable
$111,000 -- cities and towns
$32,000 -- bulk fuel fee waivers

--INDIANA: Resources: $1,858,828. Award: $47,276
$1,034,886 -- fuel funds
$420,403 -- church and community contributions
$403,539 -- state, township funds for energy assistance

--KENTUCKY: Resources: $736,319. Award: $23,458
$440,857 -- statewide fuel fund
$216,004 -- state/county
$79,458 -- church/charitable/community

--MAINE: Resources: $7,619,415. Award: $285,366
$5,813,699 -- utility discounts, waivers, weatherization
$925,462 -- bulk fuel vendor discounts, credits
$226,716 -- state funds to prevent homelessness
$653,538 -- church/community including donated materials/labor for weatherization.

--MARYLAND: Resources: $17,197,883. Award: $577,564
$7,788,960 -- state funds for disability assistance energy loan program
$5,160,710 -- utility discounts, credits, fee waivers, and weatherization ($1,002,581)
$1,561,739 -- fuel funds
$1,149,523 -- church/community
$778,107 -- bulk fuel vendors (donations, fee waivers, etc.)
$608,488 -- local energy tax levied in three counties
$150,356 -- 3-percent-per-gallon discount from oil, propane, kerosene, wood vendors

--MASSACHUSETTS: Resources: $42,460,211. Award: $967,425
$37,981,225-- utility rate discounts
$1,714,061 -- bulk fuel discounts (statewide Margin-Over-Rack oil discount program and one county's oil bid program ($73,183)
$1,454,342 -- state funds to supplement LIHEAP
$535,086 -- fuel funds
$603,392 -- weatherization leveraging (including utilities, landlords and suppliers)
$98,922 -- church/charitable/community

--MICHIGAN: Resources: $24,015,074. Award: $500,614
$11,800,196 -- utility weatherization
$5,221,057 -- fuel funds
$3,726,788 -- utility fee, deposit waivers
$2,720,397 -- utility arrearage forgiveness
$546,636 -- state funds for heat and electrical allowances for state assistance recipients)

--MINNESOTA: Resources: $9,572,054. Award: $218,249
$3,341,920 -- state funds for energy emergencies of public assistance clients
$2,876,078 -- utility discounts and fee waivers
$2,201,142 -- utility-funded weatherization
$871,932 -- fuel funds
$230,283 -- bulk fuel vendor discounts, waivers
$50,699 -- weatherization materials discount

--MISSISSIPPI: Resources: $709,739. Award: $38,162
$402,902 -- fuel funds
$89,956 -- volunteer labor for weatherization
$74,230 -- donations (fans, weatherization materials, etc.)
$71,497 -- utility discounts
$66,837 -- community donations
$4,317 -- utility waivers

--MISSOURI: Resources: $1,487,602. Award: $38,744
$1,487,602 -- fuel funds

--MONTANA: Resources: $1,728,745. Award: $104,452
$759,014 utility discounts
$712,802 -- utility-funded weatherization
$148,698 -- landlord weatherization contributions
$96,601 -- fuel fund
$11,630 -- weatherization materials suppliers discount

--NEVADA: Resources: $1,000,260. Award: $156,931
$945,865 fuel funds
$49,650 -- utility-funded weatherization
$4,745 -- local funds

--NEW HAMPSHIRE: Resources: $2,884,982. Award: $144,253
$1,574,898 -- assistance from towns to supplement LIHEAP (state law mandates that town governments fund assistance programs)
$773,696 -- utility-funded weatherization
$347,091 -- bulk fuel discounts, primarily oil
$178,398 -- statewide fuel fund, 6 utilities participating
$10,899 -- utility fee waivers

--NEW JERSEY: Resources: $87,176,434. Award: $2,025,000
$72,728,647 -- Lifeline, a state-funded program (general fund) that supplements elderly/handicapped energy bills
$7,383,808 -- utility-funded weatherization
$6,959,064 -- utility deposit/fee waivers
$104,915 -- fuel funds

--NEW YORK: Resources: $126,065,492 million. Award: $2,025,000
$107,389,449 -- state and local funds used to provide energy-related allowances to the public assistance population
$7,066,266 -- utility/fuel bill sales tax exemption for public assistance households
$3,885,600 -- utility deposit, fee waivers
$3,142,000 -- utility affordable payment plan
$2,330,997 -- state/local funds that pay the arrearages of public assistance clients
$1,396,000 -- utility-funded weatherization
$855,180 -- utility company fuel funds

--NORTH CAROLINA: Resources: $2,773,819. Award: $86,861
$2,247,465 -- fuel funds
$353,398 -- community (utility deposit guarantees)
$161,609 -- utility rate discounts
$11,347 bulk fuel donations

--NORTH DAKOTA: Resources: $300,324. Award: $16,248
$156,429 -- bulk fuel discounts
$80,961 -- fuel funds
$62,934 -- oil overcharge funds

--OHIO: Resources: $27,592,452. Award $583,279
$11,881,047 -- utility fee waivers
$6,547,284 -- utility-funded weatherization
$5,727,559 -- state funded Energy Credit for elderly and disabled
$1,971,396 -- utility rate discounts
$1,461,950 -- fuel funds
$3,216 -- discounted cooling equipment

--OKLAHOMA: Resources: $1,441,415. Award: $77,762
Gas utility rate discount

--OREGON: Resources: $3,559,400. Award: $137,503
$2,491,123 -- utility-funded weatherization
$507,857 -- utility and oil company fuel funds
$224,380 -- donations of weatherization materials, fuel, blankets, etc.
$336,040 -- vendor discounts

--PENNSYLVANIA: Resources: $91,287,229. Award: $1,845,739
$60,916,913 -- utility arrearage forgiveness, discounts, affordable pay plans
$13,425,032 -- utility late payment, disconnect, reconnect fee waivers
$10,778,964 -- utility-funded weatherization
$6,135,106 -- utility and charitable organization fuel funds
$26,916 -- bulk fuel vendors
$4,298 -- other state agencies

--RHODE ISLAND: Resources: $1,630,208. Award: $88,723
$1,120,243 -- utility discounts
$280,987 -- bulk fuel discounts
$187,273 -- arrearage forgiveness for participants in statewide Percentage of Income Payment Plan
$41,705 -- oil donations to crisis program

--SOUTH CAROLINA: Resources: $316,407. Award: $17,928
Fuel funds

--SOUTH DAKOTA: Resources: $482,014. Award: $30,152
$254,812 -- oil supplier discount, including summer discount when state guarantees payment
$85,758 -- landlord contributions to weatherization
$74,016 -- county funds
$67,428 -- fuel funds

--TENNESSEE: Resources: $452,664. Award: $16,431
$197,256 -- utility fuel funds and donations
$237,511 -- church/community/charitable
$17,897 -- city funds (Chattanooga)

--UTAH: Resources: $342,707. Award: $18,569
$168,778 -- fuel funds
$164,586 -- utility-funded weatherization
$9,343 -- church/community/charitable

--VERMONT: Resources: $3,280,634. Award: $200,529
$3,086,268 -- state funds from weatherization trust fund through gross receipts tax on energy
$182,866 -- fuel funds and community donations
$11,500 -- volunteer labor

--VIRGINIA: Resources:  $1,382,943. Award: $42,218
$1,265,505 -- fuel funds
$117,438 -- waived security deposits

--WASHINGTON: Resources: $16,633,929. Award: $506,214
$5,099,226 -- utility discounts
$4,059,607 -- state funds for weatherization
$4,596,959 -- utility-funded weatherization
$1,730,304-- fuel funds
$650,094 -- community/charitable contributions
$497,739 -- landlord contributions to weatherization

--WEST VIRGINIA: Resources: $3,865,715. Award: $180,891
$3,622,894 -- mandated 20 percent utility discount for AFDC, SSI, Food Stamps, elderly
$122,821 -- utility weatherization
$100,000 -- fuel funds
$20,000 -- landlord contributions to weatherization

--WISCONSIN: Resources: $23,642,539. Award: $545,796
$8,753,354 -- utility-funded weatherization
$8,044,711 -- utility arrearage forgiveness
$4,093,182 -- state and local sales tax waiver for electricity, gas
$1,137,016 -- state/local general assistance funds for energy assistance
$900,000 -- PVE (oil overcharge funds)
$449,339 -- fuel funds
$170,624 -- landlord contributions to weatherization
$77,241 -- state utility payment program
$11,159 -- suppliers discount
$5,913 -- church/community

--WYOMING: Resources: $126,640. Award: $13,696
$126,640 -- fuel funds

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