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Appropriations committee restores State Energy Research Center funding to $7.5M and extends sunset
Summary
After debate and an unsuccessful motion to reduce funding, the House Appropriations Committee approved restoring the State Energy Research Center appropriation to $7.5 million per biennium and extended the center’s sunset; the committee then voted to advance the bill as amended.
The House Appropriations Committee on Friday voted to restore funding for the State Energy Research Center to $7.5 million per biennium and approved continuing the center through the adopted sunset date. The panel then advanced the bill with a do‑pass recommendation.
Chairman Porter and witnesses from the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) described the center’s work as early‑stage energy research and innovation that has attracted external funding and produced patentable ideas. "One of their more promising studies was an idea that proposed to reduce…
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