DOE Limits Electrification in Reopened Home-Upgrade Rebates
TL;DR
The DOE published guidance for $8.8B in HOMES and HEEHR home-efficiency rebates, reopening funds but barring funding for switching from fossil fuels to electric heat, requiring insulation/air-sealing upgrades before appliances, and scrapping DEI/Justice40 considerations; states must adjust plans before funds are released, a move applauded by some for efficiency gains but criticized by advocates who say it narrows electrification and equity goals.
- DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser Inside Climate News
- I.R.A. Rebates for Appliance Swaps Could Be Phased Out The New York Times
- Trump cuts gas to electric swap from energy rebate program The Hill
- DOE issues guidance ending gas-to-electric appliance rebates Utility Dive
- DOE blocks gas-to-electric switch in $8B home rebate program E&E News by POLITICO
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