relative to the renewable energy fund.

The $1,000,000 cap was moved from administrative costs (House version) to renewable energy initiatives after administrative costs are funded (adopted version). Administrative costs no longer have an explicit dollar limit stated in the text.

A new prohibition was added: the up to $1,000,000 annually for thermal and electrical renewable energy initiatives 'shall not be used to support individual residential solar initiatives.'

The House version's specific time-bound allocation ('For the renewable energy fund collections period of July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027') was removed. The adopted version uses a simpler 'up to $1,000,000 annually' without that explicit collection-period framing.

The budget-process language was revised: the adopted version restores 'shall in a timely manner seek' (vs. the House's 'seeks'), restores 'using' (vs. 'appropriating'), and restores 'rebate and grant programs' and 'in order to ensure there are no interruptions to the programs' - effectively reverting closer to existing statutory language.

The phrase 'compliance payment paid into the fund' from the House version was replaced with 'remaining moneys paid into the fund under paragraph II, excluding class II moneys,' which more precisely identifies which funds are subject to the spending rules.

Removed the prohibition on using renewable energy fund moneys to support individual residential solar initiatives, making residential solar potentially eligible for funding.

Changed the renewable energy initiative allocation from 'thermal and electrical renewable energy initiatives' to simply 'renewable energy initiatives,' broadening the types of projects that can receive funding.

Added an explicit cap of $1,000,000 per fiscal year on department of energy administrative costs (including the office of energy innovation), whereas the original only implied a cap through the structure of the sentence.

Added language explaining that remaining monies transferred to the general fund are intended to address budget assumptions that included these dedicated funds in the budget biennium ending June 30, 2027.

Changed the timing for seeking fiscal committee approval from 'at the start of the period in which there is no adopted state operating budget' to 'at the start of the budget adoption process,' meaning the department must seek approval earlier, before a budget gap occurs rather than after one begins.

Removed the explicit exclusion of class II moneys from the sentence about compliance payments used for administrative costs, though class II moneys are still addressed separately in a subsequent sentence directing them primarily to solar energy technologies.