Sentences with phrase «income on energy bills»

It is a recipe for healthy prosperity that will save Marylanders between $ 1.3 billion and $ 7.3 billion a year (2011 dollars) in energy costs in 2050, even after making provisions for (i) assistance for low income households to pay no more than 6 percent of income on energy bills, (ii) proactive investments in communities now dependent on fossil - fuel - related jobs, and (iii) new job creation in underserved areas.

These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

These programs are particularly beneficial to low - income households, which spend a higher percentage of their income on energy bills.

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The U.S. average has about 3.5 % of total income going toward energy bills, though one in five families can actually spend up to 20 to 50 % of their income on utilities.

Co-sponsoring Eggman's bill was the California Solar Energy Industries Association, which notes the challenge of installing solar panels on any multi-unit apartment building is far greater than on a single - family home, especially for a building housing low - income tenants.

For those who qualify, a federally funded Home Energy Assistance Program provides grants to help eligible residential customers pay their energy bills based on iEnergy Assistance Program provides grants to help eligible residential customers pay their energy bills based on ienergy bills based on income.

New York charted a new path to energy efficiency, using «on - bill financing» so low - income homeowners could get retrofits they couldn't afford up front.

The scheme, which provides grants for heating and insulation improvements for low - income households, will be replaced by a new scheme funded by a levy on energy bills — adding to the burden of rising energy bills for those least able to afford them.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.&energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.&energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.&energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.&Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

The program can also help reduce monthly energy costs for low income residents who spend a higher proportion of their income on utility bills.

Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).

«The Sierra Club today may thank the Bloomberg foundation for an additional $ 30 million to fight affordable energy, but families across the country facing higher utility bills won't be so grateful,» said a statement issued by National Mining Association President Hal Quinn, warning that anti-coal efforts are already «leaving tens of thousands of Americans without jobs and low - income families plus those on fixed incomes with still higher bills to pay.»

This includes projects that provide safe drinking water to communities, so they no longer have to boil water, the provision of clean energy to rural communities, support for sustainable agriculture that improves yields and incomes or more efficient cookstoves that save families money on fuel bills and reduce their exposure to toxic fumes.

The bill has several other provisions, on everything from energy efficiency to solar for low - income communities.

Higher energy costs hurt low - income families the most as they spend a disproportionate percentage of their budget on energy bills.

RGGI states are free to dispense with the revenue however they choose, but they have all opted for some mix of «energy efficiency measures; community - based renewable power projects; credits on customers» bills; assistance to low - income customers to help pay their electricity bills; greenhouse - gas - reduction measures; and education and job training programs.»

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The Halfmoon Community Solar Project will feed solar energy to the grid operated by New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and will allow more than 100 residential customers in NYSEG's Capital Region territory (parts of Columbia, Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington counties), including low - income residents, to participate in local clean power generation and save money on their electricity bills.

At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

In fact, the introduction of a renewable energy feed - in tariff means that owners of solar installations are guaranteed an income for every unit of energy they produce, and that income is tax free, and comes on top of the savings that homeowners will enjoy on their energy bills.

«Many households are paying around 50 % of their income on rent, leaving them unable to pay for basics like food and electricity... People are choosing between feeding themselves or their children; paying an energy bill or covering the cost of dental care.»