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Committee debates $24.6 million federal home-energy rebate authority; procedural dispute leaves referral plan unclear
Summary
The committee debated a governor-supported package that would give Idaho authority to administer federal home-energy rebates (about $24.5 million) and add a $481,100 state speed-council position; lawmakers split over accepting federal funding and voted down a substitute motion and then split on the original motion.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee considered a $24,497,900 federal appropriation to administer federal home-energy rebate programs and a separate Governor-recommended $481,100 general-fund package to establish a state “speed council.” Kellen McGurkin, budget and policy analyst, described the federal funding as formula-allocated funding created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and explained that most of the dollars would be federal grant awards passed through the state to eligible households.
“All we’re voting on here today is whether or not Idaho is going to get our share of that,” Representative McPetzke said during the debate, urging members not to decline federal funds the state already helped create through federal taxation.
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