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Panel weighs bill to direct homeowners' unused solar credits to Low Income Energy Assistance
Summary
House Bill 670 would require that unused residential solar kilowatt‑hour credits flow into the state's Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) via the universal systems benefit fund. Supporters said the change would provide modest, sustainable help to low‑income households; utilities and large‑customer representatives described how USB funds
Representative Jill Cohenour presented House Bill 670, which would require that unused residential solar kilowatt‑hour credits that currently revert to the utilities’ universal systems benefit (USB) fund be directed specifically to the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) administered by the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Cohenour said residential customers sometimes generate excess electricity that becomes an unanticipated annual credit; HB 670 would route those particular credits to LIEAP to help low‑income Montanans with their energy bills. “All I’m doing with this bill is requiring that those particular credits … go directly to the…
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