An annual $800,000 contribution from Conectiv funds low-income energy assistance,
weatherization and furnace replacements. The Department of Health and Social Services,
Division of State Service Centers, the LIHEAP grantee, administers the fund as a program
that is separate from LIHEAP, mostly for clients at or above 150 percent of federal
poverty guidelines.
SB
93, signed June 2003, allowed for a $1 million transfer from the Environmental
Incentive Fund to the low-income program fund. This one-time appropriation will be used to
offset arrearages of Conectiv customers.