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JFAC fails to approve Office of Energy enhancements; Home Energy Rebates and Speed Council proposals split committee
Summary
Committee debate split on a $24.58 million federal Home Energy Rebates program request and a $481,000 general-fund candidate for a gubernatorial Speed Council. Substitute motions and multiple roll calls produced no final majority across both House and Senate panels in JFAC.
Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) request for FY2026. The agency sought an ongoing federal appropriation to administer the Home Energy Rebates Program (federal funds derived from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) and a separate governor's initiative to create a Speed Council to streamline permitting for large infrastructure projects.
OEMR requested an appropriation totaling about $24.58 million in federal funds to administer the Home Energy Rebates Program. McGurkin said $20,000,000 of that would be trustee and benefits for direct rebates to Idaho households, about…
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