### Question
What does leveraged resources mean?


### Answer
**Leveraged resources** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 8626a*:

> the benefits made available to the low-income home energy assistance program of the State, or to federally qualified low-income households, that—


(1) represent a net addition to the total energy resources available to State and federally qualified households in excess of the amount of such resources that could be acquired by such households through the purchase of energy at commonly available household rates

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 8626a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 94-LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER II-LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE**

