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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$290,252,580

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION

energyexpiring · 0d· period of performance ends in 0 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESE0000080_089
Award description

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, STATE AND COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAMS (SCEP): INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 (IRA) 50122. 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's planning and administration of federal home energy rebate programs under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sub-sectors
home-energy-rebatesinflation-reduction-actstate-formula-grants
Why this matters

Supports state deployment of IRA funding to reduce household energy costs and emissions through retrofits and efficiency upgrades.

Supply-chain signal

Enables demand for HVAC, heat pump, insulation, and weatherization contractors and manufacturers as rebate programs scale.

U.S.–China competition angle

Accelerates U.S. domestic clean energy adoption to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and compete in global decarbonization markets.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.003057.

Period of performance
Start
2023-08-01
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 0din 0 days
Sources

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