Vermont State Funds
- State general assistance funds for energy emergencies. Assistance may pay for fuel, utilities, deposits, furnace repair or other charges.
- Weatherization Trust Fund, established in 1990, is funded by a 0.5 percent gross receipts tax on regulated utilties and all fuels except wood. Reauthorization in 1996 contained provisions for LIHEAP to borrow money from the trust fund and other state sources if federal LIHEAP funds don't provide at least $5 million for Vermont. The trust fund has raised about $3 million annually to supplement the Weatherization Assistance Program.
LEVERAGING
2003: $4.9 million
2002: $4.5 million
2001: $4.2 million
2000: $2.8 million
1999: $3.8 million
1998: $3.6 million
1997: $3.2 million
1996: $2.9 million
1995: $3.1 million
1993: $325,000
LEGISLATIVE CODE
Weatherization Trust Fund, 1990, Vermont Statutes, Title 33, Chapter 25, secs. 2501-2503