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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3456 

To make grants to support online training of residential contractors and 

rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily 

buildings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. MICHAEL F. 

DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. TONKO, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. 

TRONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To make grants to support online training of residential 

contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily buildings, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—HOPE TRAINING 

Sec. 101. Notice for HOPE Qualification training and grants. 

Sec. 102. Course criteria. 

Sec. 103. HOPE Qualification. 

Sec. 104. Grants. 

Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—HOME ENERGY SAVINGS RETROFIT REBATE PROGRAM 

Sec. 201. Establishment of Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program. 

Sec. 202. Partial system rebates. 

Sec. 203. State administered rebates for home energy efficiency retrofits. 

Sec. 204. State administered rebates for reductions in home energy use not 

measured by meters. 

Sec. 205. State administered rebates for multifamily building energy efficiency 

retrofits. 

Sec. 206. Special provisions for moderate income households and multifamily 

buildings. 

Sec. 207. Coordination of rebate and existing State-Sponsored or utility-Sponsored programs. 

Sec. 208. Consumer access to electric energy and natural gas information. 

Sec. 209. Evaluation reports to Congress. 

Sec. 210. Administration. 

Sec. 211. Treatment of rebates. 

Sec. 212. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Appointment of personnel. 

Sec. 302. Maintenance of funding. 

3 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) AGGREGATOR.—The term ‘‘aggregator’’ 

6 means a gas utility, electric utility, or commercial, 

7 nonprofit, or government entity that may receive re8 bates provided under a State program under this 

9 Act for one or more portfolios, consisting of one or 

10 more energy efficiency retrofits. 


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1 (2) CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION.—The term 

2 ‘‘contractor certification’’ means an industry recog3 nized certification that may be obtained by a resi4 dential contractor to advance the expertise and edu5 cation of the contractor in energy efficiency retrofits 

6 of residential buildings, including— 

7 (A) a certification provided by— 

8 (i) the Building Performance Insti9 tute; 

10 (ii) the Air Conditioning Contractors 

11 of America; 

12 (iii) the National Comfort Institute; 

13 (iv) the North American Technician 

14 Excellence; 

15 (v) RESNET; 

16 (vi) the United States Green Building 

17 Council; or 

18 (vii) Home Innovation Research Labs; 

19 and 

20 (B) any other certification the Secretary 

21 determines appropriate for purposes of the 

22 Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Pro23 gram. 

24 (3) CONTRACTOR COMPANY.—The term ‘‘con25 tractor company’’ means a company— 


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1 (A) the business of which is to provide 

2 services to residential building owners with re3 spect to HVAC systems, insulation, air sealing, 

4 or other services that are approved by the Sec5 retary; 

6 (B) that holds the licenses and insurance 

7 required by the State in which the company 

8 provides services; and 

9 (C) that provides services for which a re10 bate may be provided pursuant to the Home 

11 Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program. 

12 (4) ELECTRIC CONSUMER.—The term ‘‘electric 

13 consumer’’ has the meaning given such term in sec14 tion 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 

15 of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602). 

16 (5) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 

17 utility’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

18 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

19 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602). 

20 (6) ENERGY AUDIT.—The term ‘‘energy audit’’ 

21 means an inspection, survey, and analysis of the en22 ergy use of a building, including the building enve23 lope and HVAC system. 

24 (7) GAS CONSUMER.—The term ‘‘gas con25 sumer’’ has the meaning given such term in section 


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1 302 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

2 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3202). 

3 (8) GAS UTILITY.—The term ‘‘gas utility’’ has 

4 the meaning given such term in section 302 of the 

5 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 

6 U.S.C. 3202). 

7 (9) HOME.—The term ‘‘home’’ means a build8 ing with no more than 4 dwelling units, or a manu9 factured housing unit, including units built before 

10 June 15, 1976, that— 

11 (A) is located in the United States; 

12 (B) was constructed before the date of en13 actment of this Act; and 

14 (C) is occupied at least 6 months out of 

15 the year. 

16 (10) HOME ENERGY SAVINGS RETROFIT RE17 BATE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Home Energy Savings 

18 Retrofit Rebate Program’’ means the Home Energy 

19 Savings Retrofit Rebate Program established under 

20 section 201. 

21 (11) HOMEOWNER.—The term ‘‘homeowner’’ 

22 means the owner of an owner-occupied home or a 

23 tenant-occupied home. 


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1 (12) HOME VALUATION CERTIFICATION.—The 

2 term ‘‘home valuation certification’’ means one of 

3 the following home assessments: 

4 (A) Home Energy Score. 

5 (B) PEARL Certification. 

6 (C) National Green Building Standard. 

7 (D) LEED. 

8 (E) Any other assessment the Secretary 

9 determines to be appropriate. 

10 (13) HOPE QUALIFICATION.—The term 

11 ‘‘HOPE Qualification’’ means the qualification de12 scribed in section 103. 

13 (14) HOPE TRAINING CREDIT.—The term 

14 ‘‘HOPE training credit’’ means a HOPE training 

15 task credit or a HOPE training supplemental credit. 

16 (15) HOPE TRAINING TASK CREDIT.—The 

17 term ‘‘HOPE training task credit’’ means a credit 

18 described in section 102(a). 

19 (16) HOPE TRAINING SUPPLEMENTAL CRED20 IT.—The term ‘‘HOPE training supplemental cred21 it’’ means a credit described in section 102(b). 

22 (17) HVAC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘HVAC sys23 tem’’ means a system— 


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1 (A) consisting of a heating component, a 

2 ventilation component, and an air-conditioning 

3 component; and 

4 (B) which components may include central 

5 air conditioning, a heat pump, a furnace, a boil6 er, a rooftop unit, and a window unit. 

7 (18) MEASURED PERFORMANCE HOME RE8 BATE.—The term ‘‘measured performance home re9 bate’’ means a rebate provided in accordance with 

10 section 203 and described in subsection (e) of that 

11 section. 

12 (19) MEASURED PERFORMANCE MULTIFAMILY

13 BUILDING REBATE.—The term ‘‘measured perform14 ance multifamily building rebate’’ means a rebate 

15 provided in accordance with section 205 and de16 scribed in subsection (e) of that section. 

17 (20) METER.—The term ‘‘meter’’ means a de18 vice that measures and records energy usage data at 

19 any interval. 

20 (21) MODELED PERFORMANCE HOME RE21 BATE.—The term ‘‘modeled performance rebate’’ 

22 means a rebate provided in accordance with section 

23 203 and described in subsection (d) of that section. 

24 (22) MODELED PERFORMANCE MULTIFAMILY

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1 ance multifamily building rebate’’ means a rebate 

2 provided in accordance with section 205 and de3 scribed in subsection (d) of that section. 

4 (23) MODERATE INCOME.—The term ‘‘mod5 erate income’’ means, with respect to a household, a 

6 household with an annual income that is less than 

7 80 percent of the area median income, as deter8 mined annually by the Department of Housing and 

9 Urban Development. 

10 (24) MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.—The term 

11 ‘‘multifamily building’’ means a building with 5 or 

12 more dwelling units. 

13 (25) PARTIAL SYSTEM REBATE.—The term 

14 ‘‘partial system rebate’’ means a rebate provided in 

15 accordance with section 202. 

16 (26) RETAIL ELECTRIC ENERGY INFORMA17 TION.—The term ‘‘retail electric energy informa18 tion’’ means— 

19 (A) the electric energy usage of an electric 

20 consumer over a time interval, as measured and 

21 recorded by the applicable meter; 

22 (B) the retail electric energy prices or 

23 rates applied to the electric energy usage for 

24 the time interval described in subparagraph (A) 

25 for the electric consumer; 


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1 (C) the cost of service provided to an elec2 tric consumer, as displayed on billing informa3 tion provided to such electric consumer; and 

4 (D) in the case of nonresidential electric 

5 meters, any other electrical information that the 

6 meter is programmed to record that is used for 

7 billing purposes (such as demand measured in 

8 kilowatts, voltage, frequency, current, and 

9 power factor). 

10 (27) RETAIL NATURAL GAS INFORMATION.— 

11 The term ‘‘retail natural gas information’’ means— 

12 (A) the natural gas usage of a gas con13 sumer, as measured and recorded by the appli14 cable gas utility; 

15 (B) the retail natural gas prices or rates 

16 applied to the natural gas usage described in 

17 subparagraph (A) for the gas consumer; 

18 (C) the cost of service provided to a gas 

19 consumer, as displayed on billing information 

20 provided to such gas consumer; and 

21 (D) in the case of nonresidential natural 

22 gas meters, any other information that the 

23 meter is programmed to record that is used for 

24 billing purposes. 


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1 (28) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

2 means the Secretary of Energy. 

3 (29) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes— 

4 (A) a State; 

5 (B) the District of Columbia; 

6 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

7 (D) Guam; 

8 (E) American Samoa; 

9 (F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 

10 Mariana Islands; 

11 (G) the United States Virgin Islands; and 

12 (H) any other territory or possession of the 

13 United States. 

14 (30) STATE ENERGY OFFICE.—The term ‘‘State 

15 energy office’’ means the office or agency of a State 

16 responsible for developing the State energy conserva17 tion plan for the State under section 362 of the En18 ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322). 

19 (31) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.—The term 

20 ‘‘underserved community’’ means— 

21 (A) a community located in a ZIP Code 

22 that includes one or more census tracts that are 

23 identified as— 

24 (i) a low-income community; or 


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1 (ii) a community of racial or ethnic 

2 minority concentration; or 

3 (B) any other community that the Sec4 retary determines is disproportionately vulner5 able to, or bears a disproportionate burden of, 

6 any combination of economic, social, and envi7 ronmental stressors. 

8 TITLE I—HOPE TRAINING 

9 SEC. 101. NOTICE FOR HOPE QUALIFICATION TRAINING 

10 AND GRANTS. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of 

13 the Building Technologies Office of the Department of 

14 Energy, shall issue a notice that includes— 

15 (1) criteria established under section 102 for 

16 approval by the Secretary of courses for which cred17 its may be issued for purposes of a HOPE Qualifica18 tion; 

19 (2) a list of courses that meet such criteria and 

20 are so approved; and 

21 (3) information on how individuals and entities 

22 may apply for grants under this title. 

23 SEC. 102. COURSE CRITERIA. 

24 (a) HOPE TRAINING TASK CREDIT.— 


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1 (1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 

2 criteria for approval of a course for which a credit, 

3 to be known as a HOPE training task credit, may 

4 be issued, including that such course— 

5 (A) is equivalent to at least 30 hours in 

6 total course time; 

7 (B) is provided by a provider accredited by 

8 the Interstate Renewable Energy Council or has 

9 other accreditation determined to be equivalent 

10 by the Secretary; 

11 (C) is, with respect to a particular job, 

12 aligned with the relevant National Renewable 

13 Energy Laboratory Job Task Analysis, or other 

14 credentialing program foundation that helps 

15 identify the necessary core knowledge areas, 

16 critical work functions, or skills, as approved by 

17 the Secretary; 

18 (D) has established learning objectives; 

19 and 

20 (E) includes, as the Secretary determines 

21 appropriate, an appropriate assessment of such 

22 learning objectives that may include a final 

23 exam, to be proctored on-site or through remote 

24 proctoring, or an in-person field exam. 


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1 (2) INCLUDED COURSES.—The Secretary shall 

2 approve one or more courses that meet the criteria 

3 described in paragraph (1) for training related to— 

4 (A) contractor certification; 

5 (B) energy auditing or assessment; 

6 (C) home energy systems (including HVAC 

7 systems); 

8 (D) insulation installation and air leakage 

9 control; 

10 (E) health and safety regarding the instal11 lation of energy efficiency measures or health 

12 and safety impacts associated with energy effi13 ciency retrofits; 

14 (F) indoor air quality; and 

15 (G) energy efficiency retrofits in manufac16 tured housing. 

17 (b) HOPE TRAINING SUPPLEMENTAL CREDIT CRI18 TERIA.—The Secretary shall establish criteria for approval 

19 of a course for which a credit, to be known as a HOPE 

20 training supplemental credit, may be issued, including 

21 that such course provides— 

22 (1) training related to— 

23 (A) small business success, including man24 agement, marketing, home energy efficiency 

25 software, or general accounting principles; 


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1 (B) the issuance of a home valuation cer2 tification; 

3 (C) the use of wifi-enabled technology in 

4 an energy efficiency upgrade; or 

5 (D) understanding and being able to par6 ticipate in the Home Energy Savings Retrofit 

7 Rebate Program; and 

8 (2) as the Secretary determines appropriate, an 

9 appropriate assessment of such training that may in10 clude a final exam, to be proctored on-site or 

11 through remote proctoring, or an in-person field 

12 exam. 

13 (c) EXISTING APPROVED COURSES.—The Secretary 

14 may approve a course that meets the applicable criteria 

15 established under this section that is approved by the ap16 plicable State energy office or relevant State agency with 

17 oversight authority for residential energy efficiency pro18 grams. 

19 (d) IN-PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING.—A course 

20 approved pursuant to this section shall be available online, 

21 except as needed for training in, or assessing, course con22 tent, but may also be conducted in-person. 

23 SEC. 103. HOPE QUALIFICATION. 

24 (a) ISSUANCE OF CREDITS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or an entity 

2 authorized by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 

3 (2), may issue— 

4 (A) a HOPE training task credit to any 

5 individual that completes a course that meets 

6 applicable criteria under section 102; and 

7 (B) a HOPE training supplemental credit 

8 to any individual that completes a course that 

9 meets the applicable criteria under section 102. 

10 (2) OTHER ENTITIES.—The Secretary may au11 thorize a State energy office implementing an au12 thorized program under subsection (b)(2), an organi13 zation described in section 104(b), and any other en14 tity the Secretary determines appropriate, to issue 

15 HOPE training credits in accordance with para16 graph (1). 

17 (b) HOPE QUALIFICATION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may certify 

19 that an individual has achieved a qualification, to be 

20 known as a HOPE Qualification, that indicates that 

21 the individual has received at least 3 HOPE training 

22 credits, of which at least 2 shall be HOPE training 

23 task credits. 

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1 gram to provide HOPE Qualifications in accordance 

2 with this title. 

3 SEC. 104. GRANTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to the extent 

5 amounts are made available in appropriations Acts for 

6 such purposes, provide grants to support the training of 

7 individuals toward the completion of a HOPE Qualifica8 tion. 

9 (b) PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a 

11 grant of up to $20,000 under this section to an or12 ganization to provide training online, including es13 tablishing, modifying, or maintaining the online sys14 tems, staff time, and software and online program 

15 management, through a course that meets the appli16 cable criteria established under section 102. 

17 (2) CRITERIA.—In order to receive a grant 

18 under this subsection, an organization shall be— 

19 (A) a nonprofit organization; 

20 (B) an educational institution; or 

21 (C) an organization that has experience 

22 providing training to contractors that work with 

23 the weatherization assistance program imple24 mented under part A of title IV of the Energy 

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1 6861 et seq.) or equivalent experience, as deter2 mined by the Secretary. 

3 (3) ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.—In addition 

4 to any grant provided under paragraph (1), the Sec5 retary may provide an organization up to $5,000 for 

6 each additional course for which a HOPE training 

7 credit may be issued that is offered by the organiza8 tion. 

9 (c) CONTRACTOR COMPANY.—The Secretary may 

10 provide a grant under this section of $1,000 per employee 

11 to a contractor company, up to a maximum of $10,000, 

12 to reimburse the contractor company for training costs for 

13 employees, and any home technology support needed for 

14 an employee to receive training pursuant to this section. 

15 Grant funds provided under this subsection may be used 

16 to support wages of employees during training. 

17 (d) TRAINEES.—The Secretary may provide a grant 

18 of up to $1,000 under this section to an individual who 

19 receives a HOPE Qualification. 

20 (e) STATE ENERGY OFFICE.—The Secretary may 

21 provide a grant under this section to a State energy office 

22 of up to $25,000 to implement an authorized program 

23 under section 103(b). 


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1 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 

4 through 2027. 

5 TITLE II—HOME ENERGY SAV6 INGS RETROFIT REBATE PRO7 GRAM 

8 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOME ENERGY SAVINGS 

9 RETROFIT REBATE PROGRAM. 

10 The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known 

11 as the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, 

12 to— 

13 (1) provide rebates in accordance with section 

14 202; and 

15 (2) provide grants to States to carry out pro16 grams to provide rebates in accordance this title. 

17 SEC. 202. PARTIAL SYSTEM REBATES. 

18 (a) AMOUNT OF REBATE.—In carrying out the Home 

19 Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, and subject to 

20 the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the 

21 Secretary shall provide a homeowner a rebate, to be known 

22 as a partial system rebate, of, except as provided in section 

23 206— 

24 (1) up to $800 for the purchase and installation 

25 of insulation and air sealing within a home of the 

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1 (2) up to— 

2 (A) except as provided in subparagraph 

3 (B), $1,500 for— 

4 (i) the purchase and installation of in5 sulation and air sealing within a home of 

6 the homeowner; and 

7 (ii) the replacement of— 

8 (I) an HVAC system of such 

9 home; 

10 (II) the heating component of an 

11 HVAC system of such home; or 

12 (III) the cooling component of an 

13 HVAC system of such home; or 

14 (B) $2,500 for— 

15 (i) the purchase and installation of in16 sulation and air sealing within a home of 

17 the homeowner; and 

18 (ii) the replacement of the heating 

19 component of an HVAC system of such 

20 home where the heating component in21 stalled is an air source or ground source 

22 heat pump. 

23 (b) SPECIFICATIONS.— 

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1 vided in section 206, not exceed 30 percent of cost 

2 of the purchase and installation of insulation and air 

3 sealing under subsection (a)(1), or the purchase and 

4 installation of insulation and air sealing and replace5 ment of an HVAC system, the heating component of 

6 an HVAC system, or the cooling component of an 

7 HVAC system, under subsection (a)(2). Labor may 

8 be included in such cost but may not exceed— 

9 (A) in the case of a rebate under sub10 section (a)(1), 50 percent of such cost; and 

11 (B) in the case of a rebate under sub12 section (a)(2), 25 percent of such cost. 

13 (2) REPLACEMENT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM, THE

14 HEATING COMPONENT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM, OR THE

15 COOLING COMPONENT OF AN HVAC SYSTEM.—In 

16 order to qualify for a partial system rebate described 

17 in subsection (a)(2)— 

18 (A) any HVAC system, heating component 

19 of an HVAC system, or cooling component of 

20 an HVAC system installed shall be Energy Star 

21 Most Efficient certified; 

22 (B) installation of such an HVAC system, 

23 the heating component of an HVAC system, or 

24 the cooling component of an HVAC system, 

25 shall be completed in accordance with standards 


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1 specified by the Secretary that are at least as 

2 stringent as the applicable guidelines of the Air 

3 Conditioning Contractors of America that are in 

4 effect on the date of enactment of this Act; 

5 (C) if ducts are present, replacement of an 

6 HVAC system, the heating component of an 

7 HVAC system, or the cooling component of an 

8 HVAC system shall include duct sealing; and 

9 (D) the installation of insulation and air 

10 sealing shall occur within 6 months of the re11 placement of the HVAC system, the heating 

12 component of an HVAC system, or the cooling 

13 component of an HVAC system. 

14 (c) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR CONTRACTORS.— 

15 In carrying out the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate 

16 Program, the Secretary may provide a $250 payment to 

17 a contractor per home for which— 

18 (1) a partial system rebate is provided under 

19 this section for the installation of insulation and air 

20 sealing, or installation of insulation and air sealing 

21 and replacement of an HVAC system, the heating 

22 component of an HVAC system, or the cooling com23 ponent of an HVAC system, by the contractor; 

24 (2) the applicable homeowner has signed and 

25 submitted to the Secretary a release form made 


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1 available pursuant to section 210(b) authorizing the 

2 contractor access, in accordance with guidelines es3 tablished under section 208(b), to information in the 

4 utility bills of the homeowner; and 

5 (3) the contractor inputs, into the Department 

6 of Energy’s Building Performance Database or a 

7 State database that has an agreement with the De8 partment of Energy— 

9 (A) the energy usage for the home for the 

10 13 months preceding, and the 24 months fol11 lowing, the installation of insulation and air 

12 sealing or installation of insulation and air seal13 ing and replacement of an HVAC system, the 

14 heating component of an HVAC system, or the 

15 cooling component of an HVAC system; 

16 (B) a description of such installation or in17 stallation and replacement; and 

18 (C) the total cost to the homeowner for 

19 such installation or installation and replace20 ment. 

21 (d) PROCESS.— 

22 (1) FORMS; REBATE PROCESSING SYSTEM.— 

23 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 

25 Secretary of the Treasury, shall— 


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1 (A) develop and make available rebate 

2 forms required to receive a partial system re3 bate under this section; 

4 (B) establish a Federal rebate processing 

5 system which shall serve as a database and in6 formation technology system that will allow 

7 homeowners to submit required rebate forms; 

8 and 

9 (C) establish a website that provides infor10 mation on partial system rebates provided 

11 under this section, including how to determine 

12 whether particular measures qualify for a re13 bate under this section and how to receive such 

14 a rebate. 

15 (2) SUBMISSION OF FORMS.—In order to re16 ceive a partial system rebate under this section, a 

17 homeowner shall submit the required rebate forms, 

18 and any other information the Secretary determines 

19 appropriate, to the Federal rebate processing system 

20 established pursuant to paragraph (1). 

21 (e) FUNDING.— 

22 (1) LIMITATION.—For each fiscal year, the Sec23 retary may not use more than 40 percent of the 

24 amounts made available to carry out this title to 

25 carry out this section. 


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1 (2) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall, to the 

2 extent practicable, allocate amounts made available 

3 to carry out this section for partial system rebates 

4 among the States using the same formula as is used 

5 to allocate funds for States under part D of title III 

6 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 203. STATE ADMINISTERED REBATES FOR HOME EN9 ERGY EFFICIENCY RETROFITS. 

10 (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out the Home Energy 

11 Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, and subject to the 

12 availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec13 retary shall provide grants to States to carry out programs 

14 to provide rebates for home energy efficiency retrofits in 

15 accordance with this section. 

16 (b) STATE PARTICIPATION.— 

17 (1) PLAN.—In order to receive a grant under 

18 this section a State shall submit to the Secretary an 

19 application that includes a plan to implement a 

20 State program that meets the minimum criteria 

21 under subsection (c). 

22 (2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

23 receipt of a completed application for a grant under 

24 this section, the Secretary shall either approve the 


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1 application or provide to the applicant an expla2 nation for denying the application. 

3 (c) MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR STATE PROGRAMS.— 

4 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish min6 imum criteria for a State program to meet to qualify for 

7 funding under this section, including— 

8 (1) that the State program be carried out by 

9 the applicable State energy office or its designee; 

10 (2) that a rebate be provided under a State pro11 gram only for a home energy efficiency retrofit 

12 that— 

13 (A) is completed by a contractor who 

14 meets minimum training requirements, certifi15 cation requirements, and other requirements es16 tablished by the Secretary; 

17 (B) includes installation of one or more 

18 home energy efficiency retrofit measures that 

19 together are modeled to achieve, or are shown 

20 to achieve, the minimum reduction required 

21 under this section— 

22 (i) in home energy use; or 

23 (ii) with respect to a portfolio of home 

24 energy efficiency retrofits, in aggregated 

25 home energy use for such portfolio; 


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1 (C) does not include installation of any 

2 measure that the Secretary determines does not 

3 improve whole building energy performance of 

4 the home, such as a pool pump, pool heater, or 

5 spa; and 

6 (D) includes, after installation of the appli7 cable home energy efficiency retrofit measures, 

8 a test-out procedure conducted in accordance 

9 with guidelines issued by the Secretary of such 

10 measures to ensure— 

11 (i) the safe operation of all systems 

12 post retrofit; and 

13 (ii) that all improvements are included 

14 in, and have been installed according to— 

15 (I) manufacturers’ installation 

16 specifications; and 

17 (II) all applicable State and local 

18 codes or equivalent standards ap19 proved by the Secretary; 

20 (3) that the State program utilize— 

21 (A) for purposes of modeled performance 

22 home rebates, modeling software, methods, and 

23 procedures— 

24 (i) for determining and documenting 

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1 ing from the implementation of a home en2 ergy efficiency retrofit that can be cali3 brated to historical energy usage for a 

4 home consistent with BPI 2400; 

5 (ii) that are approved by the Sec6 retary; 

7 (iii) that can provide evidence for nec8 essary improvements to a State program; 

9 and 

10 (iv) that can help to calibrate models 

11 for accuracy; 

12 (B) for purposes of measured performance 

13 home rebates, methods and procedures ap14 proved by the Secretary for determining and 

15 documenting— 

16 (i) the monthly and hourly (if avail17 able) weather-normalized baseline energy 

18 use of a home; and 

19 (ii) the reductions in monthly and 

20 hourly (if available) weather-normalized 

21 energy use of a home resulting from the 

22 implementation of a home energy efficiency 

23 retrofit; and 


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1 (C) open-source advanced measurement 

2 and verification software approved by the Sec3 retary; 

4 (4) that the State program include implementa5 tion of a quality assurance program— 

6 (A) to ensure that home energy efficiency 

7 retrofits are achieving the stated level of energy 

8 savings, that efficiency measures were installed 

9 correctly, and that work is performed in accord10 ance with procedures developed by the Sec11 retary, including through quality-control inspec12 tions for a portion of home energy efficiency 

13 retrofits completed by each applicable con14 tractor; and 

15 (B) under which a quality-control inspec16 tion of a home energy efficiency retrofit is per17 formed by a quality assurance provider who— 

18 (i) is independent of the contractor 

19 for such retrofit; and 

20 (ii) will confirm that such contractor 

21 is a contractor who meets the minimum re22 quirements described in paragraph (2); 

23 (5) that, if the State program will provide 

24 measured performance home rebates, the State pro25 gram— 


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1 (A) only provide such a measured perform2 ance home rebate with respect to a home energy 

3 efficiency retrofit after collecting at least 13 

4 months of data on home energy usage after 

5 completion of such retrofit; 

6 (B) establish and utilize, in accordance 

7 with guidance issued by the Secretary, a max8 imum fractional savings uncertainty for any 

9 portfolio of home energy efficiency retrofits; and 

10 (C) publicly report annual aggregated re11 ductions in home energy use for homes for 

12 which measured performance home rebates are 

13 provided; 

14 (6) that the State program include procedures 

15 for a homeowner to transfer the right to claim a re16 bate to the contractor performing the applicable 

17 home energy efficiency retrofit or to an aggregator, 

18 if the State program will utilize aggregators; 

19 (7) that if the State program will utilize 

20 aggregators to facilitate delivery of rebates to home21 owners or contractors, that the State program in22 clude requirements for an entity to be eligible to 

23 serve as an aggregator; 

24 (8) that the State program include require25 ments for a homeowner, contractor, or aggregator to 


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1 claim a rebate, including that the homeowner, con2 tractor, or aggregator submit to the State any appli3 cable forms that are approved by the Secretary, in4 cluding a copy of the certificate provided by the ap5 plicable contractor certifying projected or measured 

6 reduction of home energy use; 

7 (9) that the State program provide that a 

8 homeowner, contractor, or aggregator may claim 

9 more than one rebate under the State program, and 

10 may claim a rebate under the State program after 

11 receiving a partial system rebate under section 202, 

12 provided that no 2 rebates may be provided with re13 spect to a home using the same baseline energy use 

14 of such home; and 

15 (10) that the State program include a proce16 dure for providing, with respect to each home lo17 cated in an underserved community that receives a 

18 home energy efficiency retrofit for which a rebate is 

19 provided under the program, the contractor per20 forming such home energy efficiency retrofit, or an 

21 aggregator who has the right to claim such rebate, 

22 $200. 

23 (d) MODELED PERFORMANCE HOME REBATES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a State pro25 gram under this section, a State may provide a 


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1 homeowner, contractor, or aggregator a rebate, to be 

2 known as a modeled performance home rebate, for 

3 an energy audit of a home and a home energy effi4 ciency retrofit that is projected, using modeling soft5 ware approved by the Secretary, to reduce home en6 ergy use by at least 20 percent. 

7 (2) AMOUNT.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

9 section 206, and subject to subparagraph (B), 

10 the amount of a modeled performance home re11 bate provided under a State program shall be 

12 equal to not more than 50 percent of the cost 

13 of the applicable energy audit of a home and 

14 home energy efficiency retrofit, including the 

15 cost of diagnostic procedures, labor, reporting, 

16 and modeling. 

17 (B) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 

18 section 206, with respect to an energy audit 

19 and home energy efficiency retrofit that is pro20 jected to reduce home energy use by— 

21 (i) at least 20 percent, but less than 

22 35 percent, the maximum amount of a 

23 modeled performance home rebate shall be 

24 $2,000; and 


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1 (ii) at least 35 percent, the maximum 

2 amount of a modeled performance home 

3 rebate shall be $4,000. 

4 (e) MEASURED PERFORMANCE HOME REBATES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

6 (A) MINIMUM REDUCTION IN HOME EN7 ERGY USE.—In carrying out a State program 

8 under this section, a State may provide a home9 owner, contractor, or an aggregator a rebate, to 

10 be known as a measured performance home re11 bate, for a home energy efficiency retrofit, or 

12 portfolio of home energy efficiency retrofits, 

13 where— 

14 (i) for a home energy efficiency ret15 rofit that is not part of a portfolio, there 

16 is reduction in home energy use of at least 

17 15 percent; and 

18 (ii) for home energy efficiency retro19 fits that are part of a portfolio, there is an 

20 aggregate reduction in home energy use of 

21 at least 15 percent. 

22 (B) MEASURED REDUCTION.—For pur23 poses of a measured performance home rebate, 

24 reductions in home energy use shall be meas25 ured— 


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1 (i) at the meter; 

2 (ii) in terms of reductions in kilowatt 

3 hour, or kilowatt hour-equivalent, use; and 

4 (iii) using methods and procedures ap5 proved by the Secretary. 

6 (2) AMOUNT.—Except as provided in section 

7 206— 

8 (A) in the case of a home energy efficiency 

9 retrofit— 

10 (i) that is not part of a portfolio, the 

11 amount of a measured performance home 

12 rebate provided under a State program 

13 shall be not more than 50 percent of the 

14 direct costs of the home energy efficiency 

15 retrofit to the homeowner; and 

16 (ii) that is part of a portfolio, the ag17 gregated amount for measured perform18 ance home rebates provided for such port19 folio under a State program shall be not 

20 more than 50 percent of the aggregated di21 rect costs of the home energy efficiency 

22 retrofits that are part of the portfolio; 

23 (B) the amount of a measured perform24 ance home rebate provided under a State pro25 gram shall be determined— 


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1 (i) in the case of a home energy effi2 ciency retrofit that is not part of a port3 folio, based on the amount that home en4 ergy use for the home is reduced, provided 

5 such reduction is at least 15 percent; and 

6 (ii) in the case of a home energy effi7 ciency retrofit that is part of a portfolio, 

8 based on the amount that home energy use 

9 for the home is reduced, regardless of 

10 whether such reduction is at least 15 per11 cent; and 

12 (C) the amount of a measured performance 

13 home rebate provided under a State program 

14 shall be determined using a payment rate per 

15 kilowatt hour or kilowatt hour-equivalent of re16 duction in home energy use that is— 

17 (i) established by the State energy of18 fice and approved by the Secretary; and 

19 (ii) not more than a payment rate 

20 that would equal, for a 20 percent reduc21 tion in average home energy use, based on 

22 State energy data, a rebate of not more 

23 than $2,000. 

24 (f) OVERSIGHT.—If the Secretary determines that a 

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1 proved pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the min2 imum criteria under subsection (c), the Secretary may, 

3 after providing the State a period of at least 90 days to 

4 meet such criteria, withhold grant funds under this section 

5 from the State. 

6 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State may use 

7 up to 10 percent of a grant received under this section 

8 for the costs of administering a State program approved 

9 pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the minimum 

10 criteria under subsection (c). 

11 SEC. 204. STATE ADMINISTERED REBATES FOR REDUC12 TIONS IN HOME ENERGY USE NOT MEASURED 

13 BY METERS. 

14 (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out the Home Energy 

15 Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, and subject to the 

16 availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec17 retary shall provide grants to States to carry out programs 

18 that to provide rebates in accordance with this section for 

19 home energy efficiency retrofits for which the reductions 

20 in home energy use are not able to be modeled or meas21 ured in a manner that would qualify for a rebate under 

22 section 203. 

23 (b) STATE PARTICIPATION.— 

24 (1) PLAN.—In order to receive a grant under 

25 this section a State shall submit to the Secretary an 


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1 application that includes a plan to implement a 

2 State program that meets the minimum criteria 

3 under subsection (c). 

4 (2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

5 receipt of a completed application for a grant under 

6 this section, the Secretary shall either approve the 

7 application or provide to the applicant an expla8 nation for denying the application. 

9 (c) CRITERIA.—Not later than 6 months after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

11 and publish minimum criteria for a State program to meet 

12 to qualify for funding under this section, including— 

13 (1) that the State program be carried out by 

14 the applicable State energy office or a designee with 

15 an established history carrying out data-driven, eval16 uated, and verified programs; 

17 (2) that a rebate be provided under a State pro18 gram only for a home energy efficiency retrofit 

19 that— 

20 (A) is completed by a contractor who 

21 meets minimum training requirements, certifi22 cation requirements, and other requirements es23 tablished by the Secretary; 

24 (B) includes installation of one or more 

25 home energy efficiency retrofit measures for a 


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1 home that together are shown to achieve, a 

2 minimum of a 20 percent reduction in home en3 ergy use from the baseline energy use of the 

4 home, where such energy use is not measured 

5 through a meter; 

6 (C) does not include installation of any 

7 measure that the Secretary determines does not 

8 improve whole building energy performance of 

9 the home, such as a pool pump, pool heater, or 

10 spa; and 

11 (D) includes, after installation of the appli12 cable home energy efficiency retrofit measures, 

13 a test-out procedure conducted in accordance 

14 with guidelines issued by the Secretary of such 

15 measures to ensure— 

16 (i) the safe operation of all systems 

17 post retrofit; and 

18 (ii) that all improvements are included 

19 in, and have been installed according to— 

20 (I) manufacturers’ installation 

21 specifications; and 

22 (II) all applicable State and local 

23 codes or equivalent standards ap24 proved by the Secretary; 


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1 (3) that the State program utilize methods and 

2 procedures approved by the Secretary for deter3 mining and documenting— 

4 (A) the baseline energy use of a home; and 

5 (B) the reductions in weather-normalized 

6 energy use of a home resulting from the imple7 mentation of a home energy efficiency retrofit; 

8 and 

9 (4) that the State program provide that a re10 bate may not be claimed with respect to a home for 

11 a home energy efficiency retrofit if a rebate may be 

12 provided for such home energy efficiency retrofit 

13 under a State program under section 203. 

14 (d) OVERSIGHT.—If the Secretary determines that a 

15 State is not implementing a State program that was ap16 proved pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the min17 imum criteria under subsection (c), the Secretary may, 

18 after providing the State a period of at least 90 days to 

19 meet such criteria, withhold grant funds under this section 

20 from the State. 

21 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State may use 

22 up to 10 percent of a grant received under this section 

23 for the costs of administering a State program approved 

24 pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the minimum 

25 criteria under subsection (c). 


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1 SEC. 205. STATE ADMINISTERED REBATES FOR MULTI2 FAMILY BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY RET3 ROFITS. 

4 (a) FUNDING.—In carrying out the Home Energy 

5 Savings Retrofit Rebate Program, and subject to the 

6 availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec7 retary shall provide grants to States to carry out programs 

8 to provide rebates for multifamily building energy effi9 ciency retrofits in accordance with this section. 

10 (b) STATE PARTICIPATION.— 

11 (1) PLAN.—In order to receive a grant under 

12 this section a State shall submit to the Secretary an 

13 application that includes a plan to implement a 

14 State program that meets the minimum criteria 

15 under subsection (c). 

16 (2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

17 receipt of a completed application for a grant under 

18 this section, the Secretary shall either approve the 

19 application or provide to the applicant an expla20 nation for denying the application. 

21 (c) MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR STATE PROGRAMS.— 

22 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 

23 this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish min24 imum criteria for a State program to meet to qualify for 

25 funding under this section, including— 


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1 (1) that the State program be carried out by 

2 the applicable State energy office or its designee; 

3 (2) that a rebate be provided under a State pro4 gram only for a whole-building multifamily building 

5 energy efficiency retrofit that— 

6 (A) is completed by a contractor who 

7 meets minimum training requirements, certifi8 cation requirements, and other requirements es9 tablished by the Secretary; 

10 (B) includes installation of one or more 

11 multifamily building energy efficiency retrofit 

12 measures for the multifamily building that are 

13 modeled to achieve, or are shown to achieve, the 

14 minimum reduction required under this sec15 tion— 

16 (i) in whole building energy use; or 

17 (ii) with respect to a portfolio of mul18 tifamily energy efficiency retrofits, in ag19 gregated multifamily building energy use 

20 for such portfolio; 

21 (C) does not include installation of any 

22 measure that the Secretary determines does not 

23 improve the whole building energy performance 

24 of the building, such as a pool pump, pool heat25 er, or spa; and 


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1 (D) includes, after installation of the appli2 cable whole building energy efficiency retrofit 

3 measures, a test-out procedure conducted in ac4 cordance with guidelines issued by the Sec5 retary of such measures to ensure— 

6 (i) the safe operation of all systems 

7 post-retrofit; and 

8 (ii) that all improvements are included 

9 in, and have been installed according to— 

10 (I) manufacturers’ installation 

11 specifications; and 

12 (II) all applicable State and local 

13 codes or equivalent standards ap14 proved by the Secretary; 

15 (3) that the State program utilize— 

16 (A) for purposes of modeled performance 

17 multifamily building rebates, modeling software, 

18 methods, and procedures— 

19 (i) for determining and documenting 

20 the reductions in multifamily building en21 ergy use resulting from the implementation 

22 of a multifamily building energy efficiency 

23 retrofit that can be calibrated to historical 

24 energy usage for a multifamily building 

25 consistent with BPI 2400; 


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1 (ii) that are approved by the Sec2 retary; 

3 (iii) that can provide evidence for nec4 essary improvements to a State program; 

5 and 

6 (iv) that can help to calibrate models 

7 for accuracy; 

8 (B) for purposes of measured performance 

9 multifamily building rebates, methods and pro10 cedures approved by the Secretary for deter11 mining and documenting— 

12 (i) the monthly and hourly (if avail13 able) weather-normalized baseline energy 

14 use of a multifamily building; and 

15 (ii) the reductions in monthly and 

16 hourly (if available) weather-normalized 

17 energy use of a multifamily building result18 ing from the implementation of a multi19 family building efficiency retrofit; and 

20 (C) open-source advanced measurement 

21 and verification software approved by the Sec22 retary; 

23 (4) that the State program include implementa24 tion of a quality assurance program— 


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1 (A) to ensure that multifamily building en2 ergy efficiency retrofits are achieving the stated 

3 level of energy savings, that efficiency measures 

4 were installed correctly, and that work is per5 formed in accordance with procedures developed 

6 by the Secretary, including through quality-con7 trol inspections for a portion of multifamily 

8 building energy efficiency retrofits completed by 

9 each applicable contractor; and 

10 (B) under which a quality-control inspec11 tion of a multifamily building energy efficiency 

12 retrofit is performed by a quality assurance 

13 provider who— 

14 (i) is independent of the contractor 

15 for such retrofit; and 

16 (ii) will confirm that such contractor 

17 is a contractor who meets the minimum re18 quirements described in paragraph (2); 

19 (5) that, if the State program will provide 

20 measured performance multifamily building rebates, 

21 the State program— 

22 (A) only provide such a measured perform23 ance multifamily building rebate with respect to 

24 a multifamily building energy efficiency retrofit 

25 after collecting at least 13 months of data on 


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1 multifamily building energy usage after comple2 tion of such retrofit; 

3 (B) establish and utilize, in accordance 

4 with guidance issued by the Secretary, a max5 imum fractional savings uncertainty for any 

6 portfolio of multifamily building energy effi7 ciency retrofits; and 

8 (C) publicly report annual aggregated re9 ductions in multifamily building energy use for 

10 homes for which measured performance multi11 family building rebates are provided; 

12 (6) that the State program include require13 ments for a multifamily building owner, contractor, 

14 or aggregator to claim a rebate, including that the 

15 building owner, contractor, or aggregator submit to 

16 the State any applicable forms approved by the Sec17 retary, including a copy of the certificate provided 

18 by the applicable contractor certifying projected or 

19 measured reduction of multifamily building energy 

20 use; 

21 (7) that the State program include procedures 

22 for a multifamily building owner to transfer the 

23 right to claim a rebate to the contractor performing 

24 the applicable multifamily building energy efficiency 


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1 retrofit or to an aggregator, if the State program 

2 will utilize aggregators; 

3 (8) that if the State program will utilize 

4 aggregators to facilitate delivery of rebates to multi5 family building owners or contractors, that the State 

6 program include requirements for an entity to be eli7 gible to serve as an aggregator; 

8 (9) that the State program provide that a mul9 tifamily building owner or contractor may claim 

10 more than one rebate under the State program, pro11 vided that no 2 rebates may be provided with respect 

12 to a multifamily building using the same baseline en13 ergy use of such multifamily building; and 

14 (10) that the State program include a proce15 dure for providing, with respect to each multifamily 

16 building located in an underserved community that 

17 receives a multifamily building energy efficiency ret18 rofit for which a rebate is provided under the pro19 gram, the contractor performing such multifamily 

20 building energy efficiency retrofit, or an aggregator 

21 who has the right to claim such rebate, $50 per 

22 dwelling unit in the multifamily building. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a State pro2 gram under this section, a State may provide a 

3 building owner or contractor a rebate, to be known 

4 as a modeled performance multifamily building re5 bate, for an energy audit of a multifamily building 

6 and a multifamily building energy efficiency retrofit 

7 that is projected, using modeling software approved 

8 by the Secretary, to reduce whole building energy 

9 use by at least 20 percent. 

10 (2) AMOUNT.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

12 section 206 and subject to subparagraph (B), 

13 the amount of a modeled performance multi14 family building rebate provided under a State 

15 program shall be equal to not more than 50 

16 percent of the cost of the applicable energy 

17 audit of a multifamily building and multifamily 

18 building energy efficiency retrofit, including the 

19 cost of diagnostic procedures, labor, reporting, 

20 and modeling. 

21 (B) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 

22 section 206, with respect to an energy audit 

23 and multifamily building energy efficiency ret24 rofit that is projected to reduce multifamily 

25 building energy use by— 


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1 (i) at least 20 percent, but less than 

2 35 percent, the maximum amount of a 

3 modeled performance multifamily building 

4 rebate shall be $2,000 per dwelling unit in 

5 the multifamily building, up to a maximum 

6 of $200,000 per multifamily building or 

7 per complex, if such complex consists of 

8 multiple adjacent multifamily buildings 

9 owned by the same entity; and 

10 (ii) at least 35 percent, the maximum 

11 amount of a modeled performance multi12 family building rebate shall be $4,000 per 

13 dwelling unit in the multifamily building, 

14 up to a maximum of $400,000 per multi15 family building or per complex, if such 

16 complex consists of multiple adjacent mul17 tifamily buildings owned by the same enti18 ty. 

19 (e) MEASURED PERFORMANCE MULTIFAMILY

20 BUILDING REBATES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

22 (A) MINIMUM REDUCTION IN MULTI23 FAMILY BUILDING ENERGY USE.—In carrying 

24 out a State program under this section, a State 

25 may provide a building owner, contractor, or 


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1 aggregator a rebate, to be known as a measured 

2 performance multifamily building rebate, for a 

3 multifamily building energy efficiency retrofit, 

4 or portfolio of multifamily energy efficiency ret5 rofits, where— 

6 (i) for a multifamily building energy 

7 efficiency retrofit that is not part of a 

8 portfolio, there is reduction in multifamily 

9 building energy use of at least 15 percent; 

10 and 

11 (ii) for multifamily building energy ef12 ficiency retrofits that are part of a port13 folio, there is an aggregate reduction in 

14 multifamily building energy use of at least 

15 15 percent. 

16 (B) MEASURED REDUCTION.—For pur17 poses of a measured performance multifamily 

18 building rebate, reductions in multifamily build19 ing energy use shall be measured— 

20 (i) at the meter; 

21 (ii) in terms of reductions in kilowatt 

22 hour, or kilowatt hour-equivalent, use; and 

23 (iii) using methods and procedures ap24 proved by the Secretary. 


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1 (2) AMOUNT.—Except as provided in section 

2 206— 

3 (A) in the case of a multifamily building 

4 energy efficiency retrofit— 

5 (i) that is not part of a portfolio, the 

6 amount of a measured performance multi7 family building rebate provided under a 

8 State program shall be not more than 50 

9 percent of the direct costs of the multi10 family building energy efficiency retrofit to 

11 the owner; and 

12 (ii) that is part of a portfolio, the ag13 gregated amount for measured perform14 ance multifamily building rebates provided 

15 for such portfolio under a State program 

16 shall be not more than 50 percent of the 

17 aggregated direct costs of the multifamily 

18 building energy efficiency retrofits that are 

19 part of the portfolio; 

20 (B) the amount of a measured perform21 ance multifamily building rebate provided under 

22 a State program shall be determined— 

23 (i) in the case of a multifamily build24 ing energy efficiency retrofit that is not 

25 part of a portfolio, based on the amount 


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1 that energy use for the multifamily build2 ing is reduced, provided such reduction is 

3 at least 15 percent; and 

4 (ii) in the case of a multifamily build5 ing energy efficiency retrofit that is part of 

6 a portfolio, based on the amount that en7 ergy use for the multifamily building is re8 duced, regardless of whether such reduc9 tion is at least 15 percent; and 

10 (C) the amount of a measured performance 

11 multifamily building rebate provided under a 

12 State program shall be determined using a pay13 ment rate per kilowatt hour or kilowatt hour14 equivalent of reduction in multifamily building 

15 energy use that is— 

16 (i) established by the State energy of17 fice and approved by the Secretary; and 

18 (ii) not more than a payment rate 

19 that would equal, for a 20 percent reduc20 tion in average multifamily building energy 

21 use, based on State energy data, a rebate 

22 of not more than $2,000 per dwelling unit 

23 in the multifamily building. 

24 (f) OVERSIGHT.—If the Secretary determines that a 

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1 proved pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the min2 imum criteria under subsection (c), the Secretary may, 

3 after providing the State a period of at least 90 days to 

4 meet such criteria, withhold grant funds under this section 

5 from the State. 

6 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State may use 

7 up to 10 percent of a grant received under this section 

8 for the costs of administering a State program approved 

9 pursuant to subsection (b) and that meets the minimum 

10 criteria under subsection (c). 

11 (h) CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.—The minimum 

12 requirements described in subsection (c)(2) for contractors 

13 shall include a requirement that a contractor certify that 

14 all laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or 

15 subcontractor thereof in the performance of construction, 

16 alteration, or repair work for which a rebate is provided 

17 under a State program under this section shall be paid 

18 wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 

19 construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary 

20 of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 

21 of title 40, United States Code. With respect to the labor 

22 standards in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall 

23 have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganiza24 tion Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 

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1 SEC. 206. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR MODERATE INCOME 

2 HOUSEHOLDS AND MULTIFAMILY BUILD3 INGS. 

4 (a) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish 

5 procedures for certifying as moderate income for purposes 

6 of this section— 

7 (1) the household of a homeowner; or 

8 (2) a multifamily building. 

9 (b) PERCENTAGES.—Subject to subsection (c), for 

10 households of homeowners and multifamily buildings that 

11 are certified pursuant to the procedures established under 

12 subsection (a) as moderate income the— 

13 (1) amount of a partial system rebate under 

14 section 202 shall not exceed 60 percent of the appli15 cable purchase and installation and replacement 

16 costs described in section 202(b)(1); and 

17 (2) amount of— 

18 (A) a modeled performance home rebate 

19 provided under section 203 shall be not more 

20 than 80 percent of the applicable costs de21 scribed in section 203(d)(2)(A); 

22 (B) a modeled performance multifamily 

23 building rebate provided under section 205 shall 

24 be not more than 80 percent of the applicable 

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1 (C) a measured performance home rebate 

2 provided under section 203 shall be not more 

3 than 80 percent of the applicable costs de4 scribed in section 203(e)(2)(A); and 

5 (D) a measured performance multifamily 

6 building rebate provided under section 205 shall 

7 be not more than 80 percent of the applicable 

8 costs described in section 205(e)(2)(A). 

9 (c) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.— 

10 (1) PARTIAL SYSTEM REBATES.—For house11 holds of homeowners that are certified pursuant to 

12 the procedures established under subsection (a) as 

13 moderate income, the maximum amount of a partial 

14 system rebate— 

15 (A) under section 202(a)(1) for the pur16 chase and installation of insulation and air seal17 ing within a home of the homeowner shall be 

18 $1,600; 

19 (B) except as provided in subparagraph 

20 (C), under section 202(a)(2) for the purchase 

21 and installation of insulation and air sealing 

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1 nent of an HVAC system, of such home, shall 

2 be $3,000; and 

3 (C) under section 202(a)(2)(B) for the 

4 purchase and installation of insulation and air 

5 sealing within a home of the homeowner and re6 placement of the heating component of an 

7 HVAC system of such home, where the heating 

8 component installed is an air source or ground 

9 source heat pump, shall be $5,000. 

10 (2) MODELED PERFORMANCE HOME REBATE.— 

11 For households of homeowners that are certified 

12 pursuant to the procedures established under sub13 section (a) as moderate income, the maximum 

14 amount of a modeled performance home rebate 

15 under section 203 for an energy audit and home en16 ergy efficiency retrofit that is projected to reduce 

17 home energy use as described in— 

18 (A) section 203(d)(2)(B)(i) shall be 

19 $4,000; and 

20 (B) section 203(d)(2)(B)(ii) shall be 

21 $8,000. 

22 (3) MODELED PERFORMANCE MULTIFAMILY

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1 imum amount of a modeled performance multifamily 

2 building rebate under section 205 for an energy 

3 audit and multifamily building energy efficiency ret4 rofit that is projected to reduce building energy as 

5 described in— 

6 (A) section 205(d)(2)(B)(i) shall be $4,000 

7 per dwelling unit in the multifamily building, up 

8 to a maximum of $400,000 per multifamily 

9 building or per complex, if such complex con10 sists of multiple adjacent multifamily buildings 

11 owned by the same entity; and 

12 (B) section 205(d)(2)(B)(ii) shall be 

13 $8,000 per dwelling unit in the multifamily 

14 building, up to a maximum of $800,000 per 

15 multifamily building or per complex, if such 

16 complex consists of multiple adjacent multi17 family buildings owned by the same entity. 

18 (4) MEASURED PERFORMANCE HOME RE19 BATE.—For households of homeowners that are cer20 tified pursuant to the procedures established under 

21 subsection (a) as moderate income, the maximum 

22 amount of a measured performance home rebate 

23 under section 203 for a home energy efficiency ret24 rofit shall be determined using a payment rate per 

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1 tion in home energy use that is equal to twice the 

2 payment rate described in section 203(e)(2). 

3 (5) MEASURED PERFORMANCE MULTIFAMILY

4 BUILDING.—For multifamily buildings that are cer5 tified pursuant to the procedures established under 

6 subsection (a) as moderate income, the maximum 

7 amount of a measured performance multifamily 

8 building rebate under section 205 for a multifamily 

9 building energy efficiency retrofit shall be deter10 mined using a payment rate per kilowatt hour or kil11 owatt hour-equivalent of reduction in multifamily 

12 building energy use that is equal to twice the pay13 ment rate described in section 205(e)(2). 

14 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall establish proce15 dures to— 

16 (1) provide information to households of home17 owners, and households in multifamily buildings, 

18 that are certified pursuant to the procedures estab19 lished under subsection (a) as moderate income re20 garding other programs and resources relating to as21 sistance for energy efficiency upgrades of homes and 

22 dwelling units of multifamily buildings, including the 

23 weatherization assistance program implemented 

24 under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation 

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1 (2) refer such households, as applicable, to such 

2 other programs and resources. 

3 (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY BUILD4 INGS.— 

5 (1) ALL MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.—A rebate 

6 may not be made in accordance with this section 

7 with respect to a multifamily building unless the 

8 owner of the building demonstrates to the satisfac9 tion of the Secretary that, at the time the rebate is 

made, not less than 2 10 ⁄3 of all dwelling units in such 

11 multifamily building— 

12 (A) are occupied by households having in13 comes not exceeding 80 percent of median in14 come for the area in which the multifamily 

15 building is located; and 

16 (B) have monthly rental prices that are 

17 equal to, or less than, an amount that is equal 

18 to 30 percent of the monthly household income 

19 of a household having an income at 80 percent 

20 of median household income for the area in 

21 which the multifamily building is located. 

22 (2) ASSISTED MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.—A re23 bate may not be made in accordance with this sec24 tion with respect to a multifamily building for which 

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1 owner of such multifamily building demonstrates to 

2 the satisfaction of the Secretary that the remaining 

3 term of the affordability agreement for such building 

4 relating to such assistance is 5 years or longer. 

5 (3) UNASSISTED MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.— 

6 (A) REQUIREMENTS FOR RENT IN7 CREASES.— 

8 (i) LIMITATION.—A rebate may not 

9 be made in accordance with this section 

10 with respect to a multifamily building for 

11 which, during the 5-year period beginning 

12 on the date of issuance of such a rebate, 

13 no Federal rental assistance is provided, 

14 unless the owner of such multifamily build15 ing enters into such binding commitments 

16 as the Secretary shall require to ensure 

17 that any rent increase for any dwelling 

18 unit in the multifamily building made after 

19 the completion of any energy efficiency ret20 rofit for which such rebate is made shall 

21 not exceed the amount of the existing rent 

22 as increased in accordance with any per23 centage increase in the Consumer Price 

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1 for the applicable period, as determined by 

2 the Secretary. 

3 (ii) EXEMPTION.—A rent increase for 

4 dwelling units subject to the limitation 

5 under clause (i) may exceed the amount 

6 provided under such clause if the owner of 

7 the multifamily building in which such 

8 dwelling units are located requests such ex9 emption and provides to the applicable 

10 State documentation demonstrating actual, 

11 documented increases in specific operating 

12 expenses, which may include property taxes 

13 and maintenance costs, that meet such re14 quirements as the Secretary shall establish. 

15 (B) EVICTION PROTECTIONS.—A rebate 

16 may not be provided in accordance with this 

17 section with respect to a multifamily building 

18 for which no Federal rental assistance is pro19 vided unless the owner of such multifamily 

20 building enters into such binding commitments 

21 as the Secretary shall require to ensure that, 

22 during a period prescribed by the Secretary, 

23 any moderate income household residing in a 

24 dwelling unit in the multifamily building may 

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1 fail to have their lease renewed for any reason 

2 other than breach of the lease or good cause, as 

3 defined by the jurisdiction in which the multi4 family building is located. 

5 (C) REGULATORY AGREEMENTS; SALE.— 

6 Any requirement under this paragraph or bind7 ing commitment required under this paragraph 

8 with respect to a multifamily building shall be 

9 set forth in a regulatory agreement entered into 

10 by the owner of the multifamily building and 

11 the State administering the rebate program 

12 under this title. Such regulatory agreement 

13 shall contain appropriate subordination provi14 sions that allow for reasonable purchaser fi15 nancing, shall be recorded, and shall apply not16 withstanding any change in ownership of the 

17 building. 

18 (D) TENANT NOTIFICATION.—To provide 

19 rebates with respect to multifamily buildings in 

20 accordance with this section, a State shall de21 velop and carry out a specific and verifiable 

22 mechanism for providing tenants of multifamily 

23 buildings for which such rebates are provided 

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1 landlord’s obligations pursuant to this para2 graph. 

3 (E) ENFORCEMENT.— 

4 (i) PARTNERING WITH HFAS.—States 

5 receiving grants to carry out rebate pro6 grams under this title are encouraged to 

7 partner with housing finance agencies to 

8 monitor compliance with and enforce the 

9 requirements under this paragraph, includ10 ing developing and providing to owners of 

11 multifamily buildings with respect to which 

12 rebates are provided a standard regulatory 

13 agreement and lease addendum that sets 

14 forth the restrictions and requirements 

15 under this paragraph. 

16 (ii) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLI17 ANCE.—To provide rebates with respect to 

18 multifamily buildings in accordance with 

19 this section, a State shall— 

20 (I) establish and carry out a 

21 compliance procedure for the require22 ments of this paragraph that provides 

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1 parent criteria to resolve alleged viola2 tions; 

3 (II) establish penalties that are 

4 sufficient, in the determination of 

5 such State, to deter violations of the 

6 requirements of this paragraph and 

7 the agreements entered into pursuant 

8 to this paragraph; and 

9 (III) provide that tenants of mul10 tifamily buildings may bring an civil 

11 action to enforce the lease require12 ments under this paragraph and pur13 sue restitution for violations of the ap14 plicable regulatory agreement, and 

15 provide that in such an action such 

16 tenants may recover damages and at17 torney’s fees. 

18 (4) FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEFINED.— 

19 In this subsection, the term ‘‘Federal rental assist20 ance’’ means, with respect to a multifamily building, 

21 project-based assistance provided to the owner of the 

22 multifamily building pursuant to— 

23 (A) section 202 of the Housing Act of 

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1 (B) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

2 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 8013); 

4 (C) section 8 of the United States Housing 

5 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); or 

6 (D) section 538 of the Housing Act of 

7 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490). 

8 SEC. 207. COORDINATION OF REBATE AND EXISTING 

9 STATE-SPONSORED OR UTILITY-SPONSORED 

10 PROGRAMS. 

11 A State that receives a grant under this title is en12 couraged to work with State agencies, electric utilities, gas 

13 utilities, nonprofits, and other entities— 

14 (1) to assist in marketing the availability of the 

15 rebates under the applicable State program; 

16 (2) to coordinate with utility or State managed 

17 financing programs; 

18 (3) to assist in implementation of the applicable 

19 State program, including installation of energy effi20 ciency retrofits; and 

21 (4) to coordinate with existing quality assur22 ance programs. 


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1 SEC. 208. CONSUMER ACCESS TO ELECTRIC ENERGY AND 

2 NATURAL GAS INFORMATION. 

3 (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE ENERGY PLANS.—Sec4 tion 362(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 6322(d)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

7 the semicolon at the end; 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para9 graph (18); and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(17) programs— 

13 ‘‘(A) to enhance consumer access to and 

14 understanding of electric energy and natural 

15 gas usage and cost information, including con16 sumers’ own residential and commercial retail 

17 electric energy information (as defined in sec18 tion 2 of the HOPE for HOMES Act of 2021) 

19 and retail natural gas information (as defined 

20 in section 2 of the HOPE for HOMES Act of 

21 2021); and 

22 ‘‘(B) to facilitate the development and 

23 adoption of innovative products and services to 

24 assist consumers in managing energy consump25 tion and expenditures; and’’. 


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1 (b) GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRIC CONSUMER AND GAS

2 CONSUMER ACCESS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act and subject 

5 to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue guidelines 

6 that establish model data sharing standards and 

7 policies for States to provide electric consumers and 

8 gas consumers, and third-party designees of such 

9 electric consumers and gas consumers, with access 

10 to retail electric energy information and retail nat11 ural gas information. 

12 (2) CONSULTATION.—Before issuing the guide13 lines under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

14 (A) consult with— 

15 (i) State and local regulatory authori16 ties; 

17 (ii) other appropriate Federal agen18 cies, including the National Institute of 

19 Standards and Technology; 

20 (iii) consumer and privacy advocacy 

21 groups; 

22 (iv) electric utilities and gas utilities; 

23 (v) the National Association of State 

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1 (vi) other appropriate entities, includ2 ing groups representing public utility com3 missions, commercial and residential build4 ing owners, residential contractors, and 

5 groups that represent demand response 

6 and electricity data devices and services; 

7 and 

8 (B) provide notice and opportunity for 

9 comment. 

10 (3) STATE AND LOCAL REGULATORY ACTION.— 

11 In issuing the guidelines under paragraph (1), the 

12 Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 

13 be guided by actions taken by State and local regu14 latory authorities to ensure electric consumer and 

15 gas consumer access to retail electric energy infor16 mation and retail natural gas information, including 

17 actions taken after consideration of the standard es18 tablished under section 111(d)(19) of the Public 

19 Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

20 2621(d)(19)). 

21 (4) CONTENTS.—The guidelines issued under 

22 paragraph (1) shall include guidelines— 

23 (A) specifying that retail electric energy in24 formation and retail natural gas information of 

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1 be made available to the electric consumer or 

2 gas consumer (or a third-party designee of the 

3 electric consumer or gas consumer) by the elec4 tric utility or gas utility of the electric con5 sumer or gas consumer (or such other entity as 

6 may be designated by the utility), in consulta7 tion with, or with approval from, as applicable, 

8 the utility’s applicable retail regulatory author9 ity; 

10 (B) regarding the timeliness and specificity 

11 of retail electric energy information and retail 

12 natural gas information to be made available to 

13 an electric consumer or a gas consumer (or a 

14 third-party designee of such an electric con15 sumer or such a gas consumer), including that 

16 such retail electric energy information and re17 tail natural gas information should be made 

18 available to consumer-authorized entities— 

19 (i) in an electronic machine readable 

20 form, without additional charge, in con21 formity with nationally recognized open 

22 standards and best practices; 

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1 consumer or gas consumer, including at 

2 least 13 months of historical information; 

3 (iii) in as close to real-time as is rea4 sonably practicable; 

5 (iv) at the level of specificity that the 

6 data is transmitted by the meter or as is 

7 reasonably practicable; and 

8 (v) in a manner that provides ade9 quate protections for the security of the in10 formation and the privacy of the electric 

11 consumer or gas consumer; 

12 (C) regarding appropriate nationally recog13 nized open standards for data exchange; 

14 (D) regarding access of retail electric en15 ergy information and retail natural gas infor16 mation for owners and managers of multitenant 

17 commercial and residential buildings; 

18 (E) regarding consumer consent require19 ments such that an electric consumer or gas 

20 consumer can conveniently and securely author21 ize a third-party designee access to the retail 

22 electric energy information or retail natural gas 

23 information of such electric consumer or gas 

24 consumer, including standardized authorization 

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1 consumer will agree prior to such electric con2 sumer or gas consumer authorizing, or the ap3 plicable electric utility or gas utility sharing, re4 tail electric energy information or retail natural 

5 gas information of such electric consumer or 

6 gas consumer; 

7 (F) specifying that electric utilities and gas 

8 utilities should, when a capable meter is serv9 icing an electric consumer or gas consumer, 

10 communicate usage and other information to a 

11 device or network of the electric consumer or 

12 gas consumer or a device or network of a third13 party designee of such electric consumer or gas 

14 consumer, and where feasible should provide to 

15 the electric consumer or gas consumer or third16 party designee, at a minimum, access to usage 

17 information (not including price information) of 

18 the electric consumer or gas consumer directly 

19 from the meter in as close to real-time as is 

20 reasonably practicable; 

21 (G) with respect to the terms and condi22 tions, which shall be reasonable and non-dis23 criminatory, to be agreed to by a third-party 

24 designee of an electric consumer or of a gas 

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1 for access to the retail electric energy informa2 tion or retail natural gas information of such 

3 electric consumer or gas consumer, including 

4 that— 

5 (i) due process be afforded to such 

6 third-party by the applicable regulatory au7 thority, including giving such third-party 

8 an opportunity to rebut allegations of 

9 wrongdoing by such third-party prior to 

10 any enforcement action being taken by the 

11 applicable regulatory authority; 

12 (ii) the consumer’s online authentica13 tion match that used by the applicable gas 

14 utility or electric utility for the consumer15 facing website of such gas utility or electric 

16 utility; and 

17 (iii) such third-party may receive re18 tail electric energy information and retail 

19 natural gas information from an electric 

20 utility or gas utility with consumer con21 sent, except if otherwise prohibited by Fed22 eral law or by a finding of a State court 

23 or other State adjudicatory body; and 

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1 mation and retail natural gas information may 

2 be released publicly, without a consumer’s con3 sent, by protecting individual consumers pri4 vacy, including— 

5 (i) with mathematical methods known 

6 as differential privacy, in which consumers 

7 privacy can be ensured with provable guar8 antees; and 

9 (ii) detailed descriptions and sample 

10 calculations by which the results of statis11 tical analysis can be made differentially 

12 private. 

13 (5) REVISIONS.—The Secretary shall periodi14 cally review and, as necessary, revise the guidelines 

15 issued under paragraph (1) to reflect changes in 

16 technology, privacy needs, and the market for elec17 tric energy and natural gas and related services. 

18 SEC. 209. EVALUATION REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until 

21 the termination of the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Re22 bate Program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

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1 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub2 section (a) shall include— 

3 (1) how many home energy efficiency retrofits 

4 and multifamily building energy efficiency retrofits 

5 have been completed during the previous year under 

6 the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program; 

7 (2) an estimate of how many jobs have been 

8 created through the Home Energy Savings Retrofit 

9 Rebate Program, directly and indirectly; 

10 (3) a description of what steps could be taken 

11 to promote further deployment of energy efficiency 

12 and renewable energy retrofits; 

13 (4) a description of the quantity of verifiable 

14 energy savings, homeowner energy bill savings, and 

15 other benefits of the Home Energy Savings Retrofit 

16 Rebate Program; 

17 (5) a description of any waste, fraud, or abuse 

18 with respect to funds made available to carry out 

19 this title; and 

20 (6) any other information the Secretary con21 siders appropriate. 

22 SEC. 210. ADMINISTRATION. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide such 

24 administrative and technical support to contractors, 


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1 aggregators, States, and Indian Tribes as is necessary to 

2 carry out this title. 

3 (b) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

4 shall establish, and make available to a homeowner, multi5 family building owner, or the homeowner’s or multifamily 

6 building owner’s designated representative, seeking a re7 bate under this title, release forms authorizing, in accord8 ance with guidelines issued under section 208(b), access 

9 by the Secretary, or a designated third-party representa10 tive to information in the utility bills of the homeowner 

11 or the multifamily building owner. 

12 SEC. 211. TREATMENT OF REBATES. 

13 For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

14 gross income shall not include any rebate received under 

15 this title. 

16 SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro18 priated to the Secretary to carry out this title 

19 $1,400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

20 2027, to remain available until expended. 

21 (b) TRIBAL ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts made 

22 available pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the 

23 Secretary shall work with Indian Tribes and use 2 percent 

24 of such amounts to carry out a program or programs that 

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1 provisions of this title, taking into account any factors 

2 that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

3 TITLE III—GENERAL 

4 PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 301. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL. 

6 Notwithstanding the provisions of title 5, United 

7 States Code, regarding appointments in the competitive 

8 service and General Schedule classifications and pay rates, 

9 the Secretary may appoint such professional and adminis10 trative personnel as the Secretary considers necessary to 

11 carry out this Act. 

12 SEC. 302. MAINTENANCE OF FUNDING. 

13 Each State receiving Federal funds pursuant to this 

14 Act shall provide reasonable assurances to the Secretary 

15 that it has established policies and procedures designed 

16 to ensure that Federal funds provided under this Act will 

17 be used to supplement, and not to supplant, State and 

18 local funds. 

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