MASSACHUSETTS STATE PUBLIC BENEFIT FUNDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

• A permanent low-income conservation fund, established through a charge on electric bills, amounts to about $12 million annually; a conservation charge on natural gas customers funds about $5 million in gas low-income energy efficiency programs. See electric utility restructuring legislation.

LEVERAGING

2002: $13.6 million
2001: $11.4 million
2000: $9.1 million
1999: $8 million
1998: $5.2 million
1997: $1.8 million
1996: $901,105
1995: $603,932
1994: $521,700