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This bill, the Low-Income Solar Energy Act, aims to help reduce household energy burdens by expanding access to solar energy for low-income households. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Increasing funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and allowing up to 25% of those funds to be used for solar projects for low-income housing. 2. Establishing a solar financing program at the Department of Energy (DOE) that provides grants, loans, loan guarantees, and interest buy-downs to support the deployment of residential and community solar projects for eligible low-income households. 3. Creating a program at DOE to make grants for community solar projects to cover interconnection and distribution system upgrade costs, with a focus on projects for low-income households. 4. Directing DOE to establish a solar workforce program to provide job training, employment skills, and support services to help eligible participants, including underrepresented groups, pursue careers in the solar industry. 5. Prohibiting the use of any solar rate savings resulting from this Act in the calculation of lower utility allowances that would increase the rent paid by low-income families in public and tenant-based assisted housing.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4291/all-info