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Panel orders task force to study weatherization, energy‑efficiency services for low‑income Virginians
Summary
The subcommittee voted 8–2 to report HB 1935, which directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a task force to recommend how state and utility programs can better deliver weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades for income‑qualified households. The task force is required to produce a plan by February.
HB 1935, sponsored by Delegate Lavere Bowling, was reported out of the Labor and Commerce Subcommittee 3 on a vote of 8 to 2 after members approved a line amendment that added two industry representatives to the proposed task force.
The bill directs the Department of Housing and Community Development, in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the Department of Social Services, to establish an income‑qualified energy efficiency and weatherization task force to evaluate ways to coordinate government and utility…
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