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House Energy committee reviews ADS FY27 request, flags $9M recurring appropriation and billing shifts

House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee · February 17, 2026
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Summary

Committee members examined the Agency of Digital Services' FY27 ask — a $9 million recurring general‑fund appropriation and internal billing changes that together create a roughly $5 million net increase in ADS billbacks — and requested JFO follow‑up on accounting and project‑level spending.

At a House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee meeting on Feb. 17, members reviewed the Agency of Digital Services’ FY27 budget request, discussing a $9 million recurring general‑fund appropriation and internal billing changes that together produce a roughly $5 million net increase in ADS billback authority across state agencies.

Committee members said the draft letter to Appropriations must cover four budget areas: ADS, the Department of Public Service, the Vermont Community Broadband Board and the Public Utility Commission, plus two language items (E233 and E233.1). Speaker 1 summarized the ADS topline as “a $9,000,000 increase in the…

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