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Subcommittee advances expansion of Virginia''s PIP energy assistance program; bill goes to appropriations
Summary
A substitute to HB 884 would expand PIP eligibility to households up to 200% of the federal poverty level and limit participant payments to 3% or 5% of income in certain cases; sponsors said debt forgiveness incentives are built into the program. The committee referred the bill to appropriations 7-2.
Delegate Herring described a substitute to HB 884 that would expand Virginia''s percentage-of-income payment (PIP) program, increasing eligibility and capping participant payments at affordable shares of income: "By limiting electric bill payments for PIP participants to no more than 3% of their annual…
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