States and Tribes Report Over $1.3 Billion in Leveraging; California and Ohio Receive Top Awards

State and tribal LIHEAP grantees will share over $18.9 million in FY 2002 leveraging incentive awards. Forty-one states, 26 tribes and one territory reported over $1.3 billion in leveraging activities conducted during FY 2002, topping last year's amount by 14 percent.

This is the largest amount leveraged by states since the Leveraging Incentive Program began in FY 1991. The increase in reported leveraging funds continues to come from utility-funded resources, almost $800 million accounted for 58 percent of the total leveraged resources. Rate discounts and credits of $602 million, mostly mandated by state legislatures or utility commissions, accounted for 78 percent of utility resources. Weatherization resources at $107 million, deposit and fee waivers at $44 million, and $19 million in arrearage forgiveness made up the rest of utility-funded resources.

The breakdown of remaining leveraged resources included 33 percent from state and local resources, six percent from church, community and fuel fund donations, and three percent from miscellaneous resources.

As last year, California reported the largest amount of leveraged resources, $321 million, Ohio was second with $186 million, and Pennsylvania was third, reporting $149 million in resources. California and Ohio share the top awards with each receiving almost $2.5 million.

The Rosebud Sioux of South Dakota again reported the highest tribal leveraging, $295,000, followed by South Dakota's Cheyenne River Sioux at $255,203 and the Intertribal Council of Michigan at $222,278. The Cheyenne River Sioux received the largest incentive award of $190,915; the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Rosebud Sioux received the second and third largest awards, $137,298 and $136,652 respectively.

For more information, view state leveraging summary and table and tribal leveraging summary and table.

Page Last Updated: December 7, 2005