AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT
By signing this form, you (Account Holder) give your authorization and consent (permission) to CSD, its contractors,
consultants, other federal or state agencies (CSD Partners) and to your utility company and its contractors, to share
information about your property’s utility account, meter usage and energy consumption data, and other information as needed
for the period beginning 24 months prior to, and continuing for 36 months after, the date signed below. The information you
authorize us to obtain and share will be used for the purposes of evaluating home energy usage of program beneficiaries so
that CSD can: a) measure the effectiveness of the services we provide by determining how much your utility bills are reduced
and how much our services reduce carbon emissions (air pollution), and b) report these results to federal and state authorities
that fund and oversee energy assistance programs in California. CSD, its contractors, consultants, other federal or state
agencies and affiliated programs (CSD Partners), working cooperatively with your utility company and its contractors, use this
information to provide services that assist low-income families, such the applicant, to pay their home energy bills and mange
those energy needs for the purposes stated in this Authorization.
REVOCATION OF AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT
You agree that your consent shall remain in effect for 36 months from the date you sign this Authorization, unless otherwise
revoked by written notice mailed to: CSD Energy & Environmental Services Division, 2389 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 100,
Sacramento, CA 95833. Revocation will be effective upon receipt, but will not apply to any information shared while this
Authorization was valid.
APPLICABLE PROGRAMS
Some of the programs CSD oversees or partners with include:
- CSD Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
- CSD Federal Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program (DOE WAP)
- State Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program
- Utility Company Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) Program
- Utility Company California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) Program