{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-440.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 440.14","heading":"State plans.","body":"(a) Before submitting to DOE an application, a State must provide at least 10 days notice of a hearing to inform prospective subgrantees, and must conduct one or more public hearings to receive comments on a proposed State plan. The notice for the hearing must specify that copies of the plan are available and state how the public may obtain them. The State must prepare a transcript of the hearings and accept written submission of views and data for the record.\n(b) The proposed State plan must:\n(1) Identify and describe proposed weatherization projects, including a statement of proposed subgrantees and the amount of funding each will receive;\n(2) Address the other items contained in paragraph (c) of this section; and\n(3) Be made available throughout the State prior to the hearing.\n(c) After the hearing, the State must prepare a final State plan that identifies and describes:\n(1) The production schedule for the State indicating projected expenditures and the number of dwelling units, including previously weatherized units which are expected to be weatherized annually during the program year;\n(2) The climatic conditions within the State;\n(3) The type of weatherization work to be done;\n(4) An estimate of the amount of energy to be conserved;\n(5) Each area to be served by a weatherization project within the State, and must include for each area:\n(i) The tentative allocation;\n(ii) The number of dwelling units expected to be weatherized during the program year; and\n(iii) Sources of labor.\n(6) How the State plan is to be implemented, including:\n(i) An analysis of the existence and effectiveness of any weatherization project being carried out by a subgrantee;\n(ii) An explanation of the method used to select each area served by a weatherization project;\n(iii) The extent to which priority will be given to the weatherization of single-family or other high energy-consuming dwelling units;\n(iv) The amount of non-Federal resources to be applied to the program;\n(v) The amount of Federal resources, other than DOE weatherization grant funds, to be applied to the program;\n(vi) The amount of weatherization grant funds allocated to the State under this part;\n(vii) The expected average cost per dwelling to be weatherized, taking into account the total number of dwellings to be weatherized and the total amount of funds, Federal and non-Federal, expected to be applied to the program;\n(viii) The average amount of the DOE funds specified in § 440.18(c)(1) through (9) to be applied to any dwelling unit;\n(ix) [Reserved]\n(x) The procedures used by the State for providing additional administrative funds to qualified subgrantees as specified in § 440.18(d);\n(xi) Procedures for determining the most cost-effective measures in a dwelling unit;\n(xii) The definition of “low-income” which the State has chosen for determining eligibility for use statewide in accordance with § 440.22(a);\n(xiii) The definition of “children” which the State has chosen consistent with § 440.3; and\n(xiv) The 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.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER D—ENERGY CONSERVATION","PART 440—WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"166d884c71b8556848aa151689ea4ba3d8c91ff812b1a250468d7459c827952b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-440.13","next":"us/10-cfr-440.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}