42 U.S.C. § 18795b — State-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants
submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-169 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 230 words · no verdicts yet
This section provides $200 million for State programs that train and educate contractors who install home energy-efficiency and electrification improvements.
(a) Congress appropriates $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, available through September 30, 2031, for assistance to States developing and running State* Energy Program contractor-training programs. The programs must train contractors involved in home energy-efficiency and electrification improvements, including improvements eligible for HOMES or high-efficiency electric-home rebates. (b) States may use the money to lower employee training costs, test and certify trained contractors, and partner with nonprofits. (c) A State may use no more than 10 percent for administration.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary* for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2031, to carry out a program to provide financial assistance to States to develop and implement a State* program described in section 6322(d)(13) of this title, which shall provide training and education to contractors involved in the installation of home energy efficiency and electrification improvements, including improvements eligible for rebates under a HOMES rebate program (as defined in section 18795(d) of this title) or a high-efficiency electric home rebate program (as defined in section 18795a(d) of this title), as part of an approved State energy conservation plan under the State Energy Program.
A State may use amounts received under subsection (a)—
to reduce the cost of training contractor employees;
to provide testing and certification of contractors trained and educated under a State program developed and implemented pursuant to subsection (a); and
to partner with nonprofit organizations to develop and implement a State program pursuant to subsection (a).
Of the amounts received by a State under subsection (a), a State shall use not more than 10 percent for administrative expenses associated with developing and implementing a State program pursuant to that subsection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–169, title V, § 50123, Aug. 16, 2022, 136 Stat. 2041.)
- 2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-169 · 136 Stat. 2041
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