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Office of Energy Resources outlines federal grants, launches home‑appliance rebates and prepares solar, EV programs
Summary
The Office of Energy Resources told the House finance subcommittee it secured federal awards for Solar for All, home‑energy rebate programs and electric‑vehicle charging infrastructure and is relaunching some rebate programs while monitoring ongoing federal litigation over funding guidance.
The Office of Energy Resources (OER) briefed the House Finance Subcommittee on a suite of new federal awards and how the agency plans to deploy them over the coming months.
An OER director (name not specified in the transcript) said Rhode Island was awarded roughly $49 million for a Solar for All program and that the state has secured additional federal funds under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The director said the home‑energy rebate allocations totalled about $64 million ("about 32,000,000 for each" of two home‑energy rebate streams) and that the agency "relaunched the home energy appliance rebate program earlier this week." The director said OER will maximize an uncertain…
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