Can non-federal (i.e. utility low-income program) funds be leveraged with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and standard federal WAP funds to supplement weatherization measures?
Pursuant to the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) regulations funds used for leveraging activities in accordance with 10 CFR 440.14(c)(6)(xiv) are allowable expenditures. 10 CFR 440.14(c)(6)(xiv) states that the State plan must include implementation of “[t]he amount of Federal funds and how they will be used to increase the amount of weatherization assistance that the State obtains from non-Federal sources, including private sources, and the expected leveraging effect to be accomplished.” Therefore, according to the WAP regulations non-federal funds may be used to leverage federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds and standard federal WAP funds for the WAP. However, note if non-federal funds are used to leverage (and mix) federal Recovery Act funds then the projects supported by those funds may be subject to Recovery Act requirements (i.e. NEPA, Buy American and Davis-Bacon requirements).
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