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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$74,756,512

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-09-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-19·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESE0000073_089
Award description

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, STATE AND COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAMS (SCEP): INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 (IRA) 50121 SCEP SEEKS TO PROVIDE INITIAL GUIDANCE FOR THE PLANNING, ADMINISTRATION OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FUTURE DISTRIBUTIONS OF FORMULA AWARDS THROUGH THE HOME ENERGY REBATE PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION TO DOE OF HOME ENERGY REBATE PROGRAM PLANS THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN FUTURE HOME ENERGY REBATE PROGRAMS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Funds Wisconsin's planning and administration of federal home energy rebate programs under the Inflation Reduction Act, beginning in 2023.

Sub-sectors
home-energy-rebatesstate-energy-programsinflation-reduction-act
Why this matters

Supports state capacity to deploy billions in residential energy efficiency and electrification rebates, critical to IRA's climate and household cost-reduction goals.

Supply-chain signal

Enables state distribution of rebates to HVAC, heat pump, weatherization, and appliance manufacturers and installers in Wisconsin's residential retrofit market.

U.S.–China competition angle

Accelerates U.S. domestic heat pump and clean appliance adoption to reduce reliance on imported HVAC equipment and compete with Chinese manufacturing scale.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.003121.

Period of performance
Start
2023-09-01
End
2027-05-31
Status
activein 335 days
Sources

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