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Office of Energy and Mineral Resources seeks federal funding for home energy rebates and proposes new ‘Speed Council’ to streamline permitting
Summary
The Office of Energy and Mineral Resources requested an ongoing federal appropriation of $24.5 million for home energy rebates and described existing federal grant activity; the office also presented a governor-backed ‘Speed Council’ proposal requiring $311,000 in general funds for staffing and a public dashboard.
BOISE — The governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) briefed the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on expanding federal grant programs, a state request to administer the federal Home Energy Rebates program, and a governor-backed proposal to create a cross-agency Speed Council to expedite permitting for large infrastructure projects.
Kellen McGurkin, a Legislative Services Office analyst, outlined OEMR’s growth in federal appropriations over recent years tied to round-based competitive grants that fund grid resilience and energy projects. McGurkin said the office received a one-time $15 million general fund transfer in FY2022 as a state match for the electric grid resilience grant program (referred to in the presentation as POREG) and has carried reappropriations forward related to that program.
Home Energy Rebates request
Administrator Richard Stover and analysts explained the state’s request under the Inflation Reduction Act program. The federal Home Energy Rebates program allocates roughly $80.8 million to Idaho for rebates that…
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