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JFAC divides on Office of Energy and Mineral Resources’ Home Energy Rebates and Speed Council funding; votes yield no final committee consensus
Summary
Committee members disagreed over whether to accept a federal Home Energy Rebates program appropriation and whether to add a governor-backed "Speed Council" funded from the general fund. Several substitute motions and roll-call votes produced mixed results; the committee did not reach a final, unanimous passage to clear all items to the floor.
Committee debate on the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources’ FY2026 requests produced split votes on two linked items: administration of a federal Home Energy Rebates program and a proposed, general-fund-supported Speed Council to coordinate permitting for large infrastructure projects.
Kellen McGurkin, a budget analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the agency package and the governor’s initiative. McGurkin said the agency requested federal appropriation authority to administer the Home Energy Rebates Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act, totaling roughly $24.58 million (about $20 million in direct rebates to households and roughly $4 million for…
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