[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 4] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR965.304] [Page 479] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 965_PHA-OWNED OR LEASED PROJECTS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents Subpart C_Energy Audits and Energy Conservation Measures Sec. 965.304 Order of funding. Within the funds available to a PHA, energy conservation measures should be accomplished with the shortest pay-back periods funded first. A PHA may make adjustments to this funding order because of insufficient funds to accomplish high-cost energy conservation measures (ECM) or where an ECM with a longer pay-back period can be more efficiently installed in conjunction with other planned modernization. A PHA may not install individual utility meters that measure the energy or fuel used for space heating in dwelling units that need substantial weatherization, when installation of meters would result in economic hardship for residents. In these cases, the ECMs related to weatherization shall be accomplished before the installation of individual utility meters.