Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 56-249.6 and 56-585.1:

Each Phase I and II Utility shall conduct a pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals in their respective service territories in the Commonwealth. Each pilot program shall be funded by the utility and shall commence September 1, 2015. Each Phase I Utility shall continue such pilot program at no less than $1 million and no more than $1.5 million for each year that the utility provides such service. Each Phase II Utility shall continue such pilot program at no less than $156 million and no more than $204 million for the time period beginning July 1, 2026, and ending July 1, 2038, with an annual minimum of $13 million for each year the utility is providing such service. The funding for the pilot programs established pursuant hereto for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals in the service territory in the Commonwealth of each respective utility shall continue until July 1, 2038. Each such utility shall report on the status of its pilot program, including the number of individuals served thereby and the amount of annual expenditures for such program, to the Governor, the State Corporation Commission, the Chair of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation by July 1 of each year.

2015, c. 6; 2018, c. 296; 2026, cc. 1123, 1124.