HOME HEATING SUPPLIER PROGRAMS.

SEC. 217. HOME HEATING SUPPLIER PROGRAMS. (a) Requirements.—Each home heating supplier program shall include— (1) procedures designed to inform, no later than January 1, 1980, or the date six months after the approval of the applicable plan under section 212, if later, and each two years thereafter before June 30, 1989 (but not more often than once during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Conservation Service Reform Act of 1986 and ending on June 30, 1989), each residential customer of each participating home heating supplier who owns or occupies a residential building of— (A) the suggested measures for the category of buildings which includes such residential building; (B) the savings in energy costs that are likely to result from installation of the suggested measures in typical residential buildings in such category; and (C) the availability of the arrangements described in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and (2) procedures whereby a participating home heating supplier, no later than January 1, 1980 (or the later date referred to in paragraph (1)) will offer each such residential customer the opportunity to enter into arrangements with the home heating supplier under which such supplier, directly or through one or more inspectors under contract, will inspect the residential building to determine and inform the residential customer of the estimated cost of purchasing and installing, and the savings in energy costs that are likely to result from installing, suggested measures. (b) Notice; Waiver.—A home heating supplier who wishes to participate in the program established pursuant to this section may so notify the Governor. The Governor may waive, for any home heating supplier, any requirement of this section, upon demonstration to his satisfaction that the resources of such supplier do not enable him to comply with such requirement. [42 U.S.C. 8218]