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Expands the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program to explicitly allow projects that diversify energy supplies and promote alternative fuels, including building infrastructure to deliver those fuels. Authorizes $3.5 billion per year for the program for fiscal years 2026–2030 and lets the Department of Energy use up to 1% of each year’s funds for administration; also fixes two technical cross-reference errors in the existing statute.
The bill directs substantial, multi‑year federal funding to expand alternative‑fuel infrastructure and diversify energy supplies—boosting local refueling options and planning certainty—while increasing federal spending and modestly diverting funds from other local energy projects and toward program administration.
Local, state, and rural governments (and utilities/energy companies) receive competitively awarded federal funding to build alternative-fuel refueling infrastructure, increasing local refueling options and enabling cleaner local transportation.
Utilities, local governments, and communities see the program explicitly broadened to support diversified energy supplies and alternative fuels, encouraging deployment of lower‑carbon fuel options.
State and local governments gain increased access to competitive grants and multi-year funding authorizations (through FY2026–2030), improving the ability to plan and execute fuel-transition projects.
Federal taxpayers bear an ongoing cost of $3.5 billion per year, increasing federal outlays and potentially adding to deficit pressures.
State and local project funding could be modestly reduced because up to 1% of program funds (about $35 million annually) may be used for administration instead of projects.
Local and state governments may see some planned energy‑efficiency projects lose priority or funding because the program's expanded eligible activities shift resources toward alternative‑fuel infrastructure.
Introduced July 10, 2025 by Greg Stanton · Last progress July 10, 2025