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Iowans can soon unlock electrification & efficiency dollars with IRA home energy rebates

posted 1/25/2024
$120 million in rebates will be available to Iowa through the Home Energy Rebates in mid-2024. These will include Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) which offer point-of-sale rebates on qualified energy efficiency and electrification projects up to $14,000 for low- and moderate-income households. They also include HER - or Home Efficiency Rebates - for retrofit projects.

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IEC joins partners in launch of EPA Region 7 EJ TCTAC

posted 7/12/2023
EPA announced the launch of the of Region 7 EJ TCTAC, lead by Wichita State University in Kansas. IEC is a partner and the Iowa lead for the Region 7 EJ TCTAC, which will help underserved and overburdened communities across the country access funds from President Biden's Investing in America agenda, including historic investments to advance environmental justice.

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Newly published MidAmerican studies reveal costly inconsistencies in clean energy transition

posted 2/20/2023
In response to an IUB order, MidAmerican Energy filed new public versions of two internal studies that show solar is the lowest cost path for achieving carbon free energy and acknowledge that transitioning away from burning coal is an essential piece of achieving this goal. These studies come to light as a hearing for the approval or denial of MidAmerican's $3.9 billion Wind PRIME project gets underway at the IUB.

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