California Utility Energy Efficiency
- Energy efficiency for low-income
customers (generally called the Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program
or LIEE) became a statutory requirement in 1990 with the passage
of SB 845, (now Pub. Util. Code 2790) which was amended
by AB 1393, effective January 1, 2000. These statutes direct the
public utility commission to require gas and electric corporations
to perform home weatherization services for low-income households,
and define those services to include the following "Big Six"
measures: (1) attic insulation; (2)caulking; (3) weather
stripping; (4) low-flow showerheads; (5) water heater blankets
and (6) door and building envelope repairs which reduce infiltration,
and direct the utilities to provide as many of these Big Six measures
as feasible for each eligible low- income dwelling unit.
Weatherization services may also include other building conservation
measures, energy efficiency appliances and energy education programs
determined by the regulatory commission to be feasible.
Note: Leveraging reports do not always give a complete statewide
picture. Some resources are not reported through leveraging or are
under reported.
LEVERAGING
2003: $30.8 million
2002: $23.3 million
2001: $10.8 million
LEGISLATIVE CODE
California
Public Utilities Code, sec. 2790
Page Last Updated: January 27, 2010
