Relating to: the Energy Innovation Grant Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
SB 857 establishes the Energy Innovation Grant Program, allocating $10 million annually for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years. The program is administered by the Office of Energy Innovation within the Public Service Commission to fund energy innovation projects. It creates new statutory references (20.155(3)(e) and 196.379) to formalize the grant program and its funding structure. This bill directly affects the Public Service Commission and its Office of Energy Innovation by providing dedicated funding for energy-related grants. The program does not specify eligible projects or recipients, only creating the funding mechanism and administrative structure.
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Roys, L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer;
cosponsored by Representatives Haywood, Bare, Arney, Tenorio, Taylor, DeSmidt, Subeck, Joers, Madison, Neubauer, Stroud, Vining, Fitzgerald, Miresse, Stubbs, Anderson and Sinicki
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