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DEQ outlines rollout of nearly $197 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant
Summary
DEQ told the Natural Resources Subcommittee it has begun implementing a nearly $197 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from EPA, spending about $30 million so far on transport, building and waste measures and issuing thousands of rebates for electric vehicles and heat pumps.
Matt Davis, policy and external affairs administrator for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and Colin McConaughey, manager of DEQ’s Office of Greenhouse Gas Programs, briefed the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Feb. 18 on the state’s implementation of its Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG).
The CPRG, funded through the Inflation Reduction Act and administered by EPA, is a national program with about $5 billion available. Oregon won one of 25 fully funded implementation awards and received an award the department described as "almost $197 million" to be spent over five years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to support related co-benefits such as housing production, improved health outcomes and lower utility bills.
DEQ said the CPRG is organized into 12 measures across three…
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