An Act to Create the Weatherization Plus Program and
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0996
Committee: Housing and Economic Development
Sponsors: MALON

Legislative Document
No. 996
H.P. 643
House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Create the Weatherization Plus Program and 
Weatherization Plus Fund
Reference to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and 
ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MALON of Biddeford.
Cosponsored by Representative: GOLEK of Harpswell.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA c. 201, sub-c. 15 is enacted to read:
SUBCHAPTER 15
WEATHERIZATION PLUS PROGRAM
§4994-C.  Weatherization Plus Program 
1. Program established.  The Weatherization Plus Program, referred to in this 
subchapter as "the program," is established within the Maine State Housing Authority, for 
the purposes described in subsection 2. The program must be operated in conjunction with 
other programs of the authority. 
2. Purposes of program.  The purposes of the program are to: 
A. Help eligible low-income households implement energy conservation measures 
through grants and the funding of weatherization readiness or weatherization projects. 
For the purposes of this subchapter, "weatherization readiness" means the process to 
protect a building from the outside weather elements and improve its energy efficiency; 
B. Reduce the number of deferrals from the Weatherization Assistance for Low-income 
Persons Program administered through the United States Department of Energy and 
referenced in section 4741, subsection 15; and 
C. Maximize the use of federal funding available for the purposes in paragraphs A and 
B.  
3. Program requirements.  The Maine State Housing Authority shall establish 
program requirements, including, but not limited to, requiring that an applicant for the 
program:
A. Meet the same household income eligibility requirements applicable to the 
Weatherization Assistance for Low-income Persons Program administered through the 
United States Department of Energy and implemented pursuant to section 4741, 
subsection 15;
B. Demonstrate the dwelling for which the funds are to be applied is a single-family 
house or manufactured housing occupied by the applicant or another eligible 
low-income household; and 
C. For weatherization readiness projects, provide a substantiated expectation of the 
dwelling being weatherized following completion of the weatherization readiness 
project. 
An approved applicant may be awarded a grant of up to $20,000.
§4994-D.  Weatherization Plus Fund
The Weatherization Plus Fund, referred to in this subchapter as "the fund," is 
established under the jurisdiction and control of the Maine State Housing Authority for the 
purpose of providing funds for the program. 
1. Sources of fund.  Sources of the fund include:
A. All money appropriated for inclusion in the fund; 
B. Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, any money that the Maine State 
Housing Authority receives in repayment of advances from the fund; 
C. Subject to any pledge, contract or other obligation, all interest, dividends and 
pecuniary gains from investment of money of the fund; and
D. Any other money available to and directed by the Maine State Housing Authority 
to be paid into the fund. 
2.  Revolving fund.  The fund is a nonlapsing, revolving fund.  The Maine State 
Housing Authority shall continuously apply all money in the fund to carry out the purposes 
of this subchapter.
Sec. 2.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE
Weatherization Plus Fund N505
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants to eligible low-income households for 
weatherization readiness and weatherization projects pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 201, subchapter 15.
GENERAL FUND
2025-26
2026-27
All Other
$2,000,000
$0
__________
__________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$2,000,000
$0
SUMMARY
This bill establishes the Weatherization Plus Program and Weatherization Plus Fund 
to assist eligible low-income households in implementing energy conservation measures in 
their homes.