Minnesota State Funds

• State Emergency Assistance for Energy payments, distributed through MN Department of Human Services, at the county level. Payments are made to energy vendors on behalf of TANF, GA and MSA clients
  

• State housing agency funds for energy-related repair service, weatherization materials and heating equipment installed free of charge to low-income homeowners.
  
  
• Fee assessed to liquid propane and oil distributers provides heating system repair and replacement for LIHEAP eligible households who heat with oil and/or propane.
  
  
• Kansas Ad Valorem law suit settlement required a number of Minnesota gas utilities to return funds to low income households. The Kansas ad valorem tax litigation stems from natural gas producer price overcharges in the period 1983 through 1988. During that time, consumers were charged for certain taxes in violation of the Natural Gas Policy Act. Both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the courts have held that the producers must refund the overcharges.

LEVERAGING

2004: $44 million
2003: $43.5 million
2002: $39 million
2001: $27.8 million
2000: $3.7 million
1999: $1.7 million
1998: $2.9 million
1997: $9.9 million (including one-time 1996 legislative appropriation of $8.8 million)
1996: $2.5 million
1995: $3.3 million
1994: $3.1 million
1993: $2.7 million
1992: $1.8 million,
1991: $1 million

Page Last Updated: December 7, 2005