COVID-19 Utility Bill Payment-related Assistance

From money given to the state pursuant to the federal "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act", commonly referred to as the "CARES Act", the bill allocates $10 million from the care subfund in the general fund to the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund administered by the Colorado energy office for use by energy outreach Colorado on or before December 30, 2020, to provide direct utility bill payment assistance to households facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)