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Energy Office Defends $1.56 million FY2026 Request as Federal Grants Drive Programs
Summary
Director Kyle Fleming told the Legislature’s budget committee on June 24 that the Virgin Islands Energy Office seeks a general‑fund appropriation of $1,556,951 for FY2026 while administering more than $140 million in federal awards for resilience, solar financing and rebate programs.
Kyle Fleming, director of the Virgin Islands Energy Office, told the Legislature’s Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance on June 24 that the office needs a $1,556,951 general‑fund appropriation for fiscal year 2026 to support personnel and core operations while the agency administers large federal grants.
Fleming said the general‑fund request is intended mainly to cover personnel services — $875,609, or roughly 56% of the requested allotment — and fringe benefits of $402,695. “Embedding resilience, energy efficiency, and data‑proven solutions into government policy,” Fleming said, “while providing tangible service to the people of the Virgin Islands through our programming are the core tenets that we at the Energy Office strive to achieve.”
Why it matters: Fleming told the committee that federal funds are where the office’s largest programs live — solar…
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