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Senate advances energy storage innovation grant program with substitute raising fund amounts
Summary
First substitute SB111 would create a grant program administered by the Office of Energy Development to spur energy-storage innovation; sponsor said a substitute raises the amount at the governor's request and the Senate advanced the bill after recorded vote (24–3, 2 absent).
Senator Fillmore presented first substitute Senate Bill 111 to create an energy storage innovation and grant program administered by the Office of Energy Development. The sponsor described the measure as a way to encourage private‑sector innovation to address energy storage and grid modernization challenges and said a substitute would raise the available amounts at the governor's request to create a larger prize for innovation.
Fillmore said the program would offer grants to stimulate storage research and pilot projects and acknowledged the complexity of energy regulation and the need for careful program administration. After adopting a floor substitute, the Senate recorded a roll-call tally of 24 yeas, 3 nays and 2 absent and ordered the substitute read for a third time.
The substitute advances the program to the next procedural step; implementation details would be set by the Office of Energy Development if the bill becomes law.
