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JFAC asks Office of Energy and Mineral Resources and Health and Welfare to report on moving home energy programs
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved language directing the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources to work with the Department of Health and Welfare and report steps necessary to transfer the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Weatherization Assistance Program if the Legislature chooses to do so.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a motion requiring the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) to work with the Department of Health and Welfare to produce a report outlining steps necessary to transfer administration of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Assistance Program into OEMR, if the Legislature later elects to make such a transfer.
Committee staff summarized the OEMR FY2026 budget request, which included a fund-shift to align personnel costs between dedicated accounts, an ongoing federal appropriation of $24,500,000 to…
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