2009 House Bill 732: Create Low Income Energy Efficiency Program

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Introduced by Rep. Ben Lujan (D) on February 11, 2009, to create the low income energy efficiency improvement program at for small-scale, direct in-home energy efficiency programs that do not include weatherization and to assist low income households to become more energy efficient.
- Referred to the House Consumers and Public Affairs Committee on February 11, 2009.
- Referred to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee on February 28, 2009.
  - Amendment offered in the House on March 17, 2009, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 17, 2009.
- Reported in the House on March 17, 2009.
Passed 47 to 19 in the House on March 17, 2009, to create the low income energy efficiency improvement program at for small-scale, direct in-home energy efficiency programs that do not include weatherization and to assist low income households to become more energy efficient.
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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 732 (Create Low Income Energy Efficiency Program) by kralspaces on February 11, 2010

XCEL already has a free program to help all their customers with weatherizing their homes and rebates on more efficient appliances without taxing the public (directly). What more can the government do? Pay their bills?

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2) Re: 2009 House Bill 732 (Create Low Income Energy Efficiency Program) by spitfire on February 10, 2010

More green nonsense. See the Audi Superbowl commercial to see where this is going.

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3) Re: 2009 House Bill 732 (Create Low Income Energy Efficiency Program) by Corey Davis on June 5, 2009

This bill would divert 1/3 of the revenue from the natural gas processors tax into the Low Income Utility Assistance Fund, a portion of which would help low income households with energy efficiency, presumably to help save them money on their utility bills. So, we'll tax the natural gas processors so they have to increase everyone's bills, then we'll help some people lower their bills. This process seems illogical.

If the tax wasn't collected in the first place, lower income families would have more money left in their pockets to invest in better appliances, families who wouldn't qualify for assistance under this bill wouldn't be forced to share (or subsidize inefficient, red tape bureaucracies), and gas companies might be able to pay their workers better.

This bill didn't make it to the Senate floor in time, and let's hope it never does.

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