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Split committee over federal home-energy rebates; original OMER package stalled in committee tally, chairs plan to send to House
Summary
Lawmakers debated a large federal home-energy rebates appropriation for Idaho and split on a substitute motion. The original package drawing federal grant authority drew intense floor debate; committee tallies left the motion without a clear House majority, and co-chairs said they would carry the matter forward to the House first.
Committee members spent an extended period debating whether to accept federal funds from the Inflation Reduction Act to administer home energy rebate and electrification programs in Idaho and how much state involvement to authorize.
The Office of Energy and Mineral Resources requested federal appropriation authority exceeding $24 million to administer the Home Energy Rebate and Appliance Rebates programs; the governor also recommended a small general-fund addition ($481,100) for a State Energy Council position. The JFAC work group split on two competing motions: one that accepted the full federal funding package and operating authority (the work-group original motion) and a substitute that limited the state’s acceptance to the smaller, state-funded Speed Council item. The…
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