Over the past few years, in response to the growing climate change crisis, federal, state, and local governments’ funding of energy efficiency and decarbonization projects has increased substantially (to put it mildly). In many cases, both programs and participants are encouraged to combine (or braid) funding from multiple sources to support comprehensive projects. As utility ratepayers are exposed to and take advantage of more sources of funding than ever before for efficiency and decarbonization projects, it brings up a major question: who should get the credit? Braiding Funding Retrofitting existing homes (or businesses) to be more energy efficient or decarbonized provides many opportunities to also…
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