Harris to announce $13B from Democratic bill for home energy upgrades
by Breanne Deppisch, Energy and Environment Reporter
November 02, 2022 05:00 AM
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Boston on Wednesday to announce more than $13 billion in new federal programs and funds to help lower energy costs for households this winter.
The $13 billion, provided through the Inflation Reduction Act, will fund a grab bag of energy efficiency, home, and electrification upgrades to help people “weatherize” their homes for winter and assist low-income families with heating costs.
This includes providing direct consumer rebates for installations of heat pumps, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, and water heaters, as well as for upgrading electrical wires.
The funds will also provide direct assistance to help with high heating costs through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.
The money “will enable up to 1.6 million homes to make critical upgrades to their homes installing up to 500,000 heat pumps,” a senior administration official said Tuesday in a call previewing Harris’s announcement.
Altogether, White House officials said the Department of Energy estimates the direct consumer rebates will save consumers $1 billion in energy costs annually.
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