S.F. No. 4466 Summary

• Modifies residential weatherization grant allocation to allow supplementary state grants for addressing physical deficiencies, installing preweatherization measures, increasing weatherized residences, conducting outreach, and expanding training opportunities.

• Establishes a supplemental weatherization assistance grants program requiring the commissioner to provide grants to weatherization service providers for addressing physical deficiencies and installing weatherization measures in residential buildings for eligible low-income households.

• Creates a weatherization training grant program awarding competitive grants to educational institutions, certified training centers, labor organizations, and nonprofits to fund training and program development for weatherization industry careers, prioritizing applications with high-quality training and leveraging of nonstate funds.

• Appropriates an unspecified amount from the general fund in fiscal year 2023 to the commissioner of commerce for supplemental weatherization assistance grants, dispersed over five years, with 10 percent allocated to training grants, up to 10 percent for utility low-income conservation programs, and no more than 1 percent for course development.

• Defines "low-income conservation program," "preweatherization measure," "weatherization assistance program," and "weatherization assistance services" for purposes of the statute.