CONNECTICUT LEADERS ANNOUNCE STATE WILL RECEIVE $50 MILLION TO MAKE HOMES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND LOWER COSTS THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON–Connecticut leaders on Wednesday announced that the state will receive $50 million for Fiscal Year 2022 to help lower-income families lower their utility bills with energy efficient upgrades. This expanded funding, which is enabled by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will allow Connecticut to retrofit thousands of low-incomes homes to make them healthier and more energy efficient while lowering utility bills. The Weather Assistance Program (WAP) retrofit funding is designed to address the “whole home” including installing insulation, updating heating and cooling systems, upgrading electrical appliances, and taking other common-sense actions that will make homes warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer with less energy usage. “High energy costs make it more difficult for Connecticut families to keep their…