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JFAC approves OEMR budget shift; committee debates — but does not adopt — language to study moving energy-assistance grants to Office of Energy and Mineral
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a net-zero reallocation within the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources budget but declined to adopt a new reporting requirement that would have directed OEMR and Health and Welfare to outline steps for transferring low-income energy grants.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a technical, net-zero shift of personnel-cost allocations within the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) budget for FY2026 but members debated proposed language that would have required OEMR and the Department of Health and Welfare to report back on steps necessary to transfer administration of certain federal energy-assistance grants.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told the committee OEMR’s FY2026 request included three enhancements: a net-zero shift of $48,000 between existing dedicated funds to align personnel costs; a proposed $24,500,000 ongoing federal appropriation to administer a home energy rebates program; and the governor’s recommendation for one full-time position and $481,100 from the general fund to create a “speed council” (the committee later declined to approve the speed-council request).
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