(a) Tenant household. An eligible customer who is a tenant that resides at a dwelling, as defined in § 58.2 (relating to definitions), shall have an equal opportunity to receive program services.
- (1) A tenant household may be eligible for the installation of program measures if the landlord has granted permission to the public utility by verbal, written or electronic means and the public utility documents the landlord’s consent for the ESP to perform work on the dwelling. A public utility shall provide a copy of the landlord’s documented consent form to the landlord and to the tenant household.
- (2) If the landlord does not grant permission for the installation of program measures, the tenant household remains eligible for baseload measures and energy conservation education that do not require landlord permission.
- (b) Landlord contributions. A public utility may seek landlord contributions. A public utility may not refuse to provide program services to an eligible tenant household because the landlord refuses to make a contribution. Contributions from landlords shall be used by the public utility to supplement its approved LIURP budget. The public utility shall report landlord contributions under § 58.15a (relating to LIURP reporting and evaluation).
- (c) Tenant household protections. A public utility shall require a landlord to agree that rent for the dwelling unit that receives program measures will not be raised unless the increase in rent is solely related to matters other than the installation of the program measures and that the tenant household will not be evicted for a stated period of time of at least 12 months after the installation of the program measures unless the tenant household fails to comply with ongoing obligations and responsibilities owed the landlord.