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$290,252,580

Department of Energy·Department of Energy
energyexpiring · 46d· period of performance ends in 46 days
ACTION DATE2026-03-03·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

Provides planning and technical assistance to California for administering federal home energy rebate programs under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sub-sectors
home-energy-efficiencystate-energy-programsrebate-administration
Why this matters

Enables state-level deployment of IRA's $4.3B home energy rebate initiative, critical for residential decarbonization and clean energy adoption targets.

Supply-chain signal

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

U.S.–China competition angle

Supports U.S. domestic clean energy manufacturing and deployment to reduce reliance on foreign energy solutions and build domestic supply chains.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001559.

Period of performance
Start
2023-08-01
End
2026-06-30
Status
expiring · 46din 46 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_DESE0000080_089.

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