(a) The Department may accept gifts, grants, awards, matching contributions, interest income, appropriations, and cost sharings from individuals, businesses, governments, and other third-party sources, on terms that the Director deems advisable, to assist eligible households, businesses, industries, educational institutions, hospitals, health care facilities, and not-for-profit entities to obtain and maintain reliable and efficient energy related services, or to improve the efficiency of such services.
     (b) (Blank).