{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1778.43","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-1778.43","heading":"Approval of application.","body":"(a)\nThe administrator shall review the property owner’s application and, if it finds that the application satisfies all requirements, shall enter into a loan, or other, agreement with the property owner.\n\n(b)\nThe property owner may request in the loan application that the Energy Efficiency Loan include an amount equal to all or part of the cost of the Energy Efficiency Audit. If the amount requested is reasonable, the administrator shall include the amount in the Energy Efficiency Loan.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nExcept as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, before entering into an Energy Efficiency Loan with a property owner, the administrator shall verify, based upon information provided in the property owner's application, that the value of the savings from the installation of the Energy Efficiency Improvements is reasonably expected to exceed the amount of the principal of, and interest on, the Energy Efficiency Loan, including any cost of the Energy Efficiency Audit included pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.\n(2)\nA property owner's application may be approved at the discretion of the administrator even when the value of the savings from the installation of the Energy Efficiency Improvements is not expected to exceed the amount of the principal of, and interest on, the Energy Efficiency Loan, if:\n(A)\nThe property owner has consented;\n(B)\nThe project meets high standards of energy efficiency or water efficiency or stormwater retention; and\n(C)\nThe project contributes to the public purpose declared in § 8-1778.02.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 17R. Energy Efficiency Financing.","Subchapter III. Establishment of the National Capital Energy Fund and Energy Efficiency Loan Program."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1778.43","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d4e0ae1026593b25fc8442bb6dd0c5ae08df98341e26308c618385bb1801da89","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1778.42","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1778.44"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}