On Monday, February 5, the President released his FY 08 budget, which includes $24.3 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE). Of interest to NEPPA, included in the DOE budget is $4.946 million for the Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program (REPI). Also included is $1.5 billion for Low-Income Home Energy Assistant Program (LIHEAP), with $282 million in emergency funding, for a total of $1.782 billion. This is approximately $1 billion less than FY 06 funding, and significantly lower than the $5.1 billion authorized for LIHEAP in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Advocates of increased LIHEAP funding participated in "LIHEAP Day" on February 1, to encourage Congress to fund the program at $3.1 billion level, which was the total amount appropriated in FY06.
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