Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a 20-member coalition of attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to shut down the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan to impose a new funding cap on vital state-run energy programs.

Oregon Joins Lawsuit Opposing Funding Cap On State-Run Energy Programs

The new DOE policy would limit reimbursement for key administrative and staffing costs that have long been covered by these federal energy programs, effectively preventing states from using critical federal funds for vital state-run energy programs.

Attorney General Rayfield said , “Oregonians count on these programs to keep our homes energy-efficient, our air clean, and our bills manageable.”

By stripping away the resources the state needs to keep the work going – and the people and exper

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