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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$291,366,906

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESE0000024_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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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds California Energy Commission to plan and administer home energy rebate programs under the Inflation Reduction Act, beginning in 2023.

Sub-sectors
renewable-energy-rebatesstate-administrationinflation-reduction-act
Why this matters

Part of IRA's $369B climate investment; enables states to deploy residential efficiency and electrification rebates at scale, critical to decarbonization targets.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for heat pumps, insulation, solar equipment, and HVAC contractors; state administration capacity determines deployment speed and market absorption.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. clean energy manufacturing competitiveness depends on robust domestic demand signals; state rebate programs create market pull for domestically-made efficiency equipment.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.003122.

Period of performance
Start
2023-08-01
End
2028-07-31
Status
activein 762 days
Sources

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