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JFAC debates Home Energy Rebate funding and a proposed 'Speed Council'; neither federal rebate nor council funding cleared the committee
Summary
Committee members debated awarding the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources $24.5 million in federal Home Energy Rebate funds and a $481,000 general‑fund request for a proposed 'Speed Council.' Multiple substitute motions failed to secure majorities in both chambers, and the items did not receive committee approval.
Committee members debated whether to accept a federal Home Energy Rebates program appropriation and whether to add a governor-backed one‑time $481,000 general‑fund appropriation and 1 full‑time equivalent for a proposed “Speed Council” housed in the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR). Neither proposal received the required majorities in both chambers of the joint committee.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, summarized the OEMR requests and the federal program: “The home energy rebates program itself was created under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and offers $80,800,000 in federal funding to…
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