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Advocates press panel for funding to remove health-and-safety barriers that block weatherization for low-income households
Summary
Nonprofits and DEEP supporters urged the committee to appropriate funds for the Residential Energy Preparation Services (REPS) program to remediate mold, asbestos and other barriers that currently prevent many low- and moderate-income households from receiving weatherization and energy-efficiency work.
Advocates and nonprofit providers told the Energy & Technology Committee that Connecticut—s REPS program, which addresses health and safety issues that block weatherization, needs stable funding to reach the many homes currently deferred.
Gannon Long of Operation Fuel urged lawmakers to commit $8 million to supplement DEEP—s REPS funding, saying many households are deferred from efficiency programs because of mold, asbestos, old oil tanks, defective stoves or…
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