Share 'What the heck is leveraging and why do we need it?'

John Howat, with the National Consumer Law Center, spoke today at the National Community Action Foundation Energy Programs Leveraging Conference on starting new state leveraging initiatives.  But, as he asked the attendees, "what the heck is 'leveraging'?" According to John, leveraging means attaining non-federal funding and other resources (including federal technical and training assistance and…