Bill > S1192

This bill appropriates a total of $8,236,500 to the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources for fiscal year 2024, covering the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. * **Federal Grant Fund:** $7,172,600 is appropriated for various purposes, including Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 Resilient Grid Grants and subgrants. Funds for Resilient Grid Grants cannot be used to promote or adopt energy conservation codes beyond the 2018 standards. A report on the distribution and use of subgrant funds is required by December 1, 2023. * **Petroleum Price Violation Fund:** $511,300 is appropriated for trustee and personnel costs, operating expenditures, and capital outlay. * **Renewable Energy Resources Fund:** $270,900 is appropriated for trustee and personnel costs and operating expenditures. * **Indirect Cost Recovery Fund:** $261,500 is appropriated for trustee and personnel costs and operating expenditures. * **Miscellaneous Revenue Fund:** $20,200 is appropriated for trustee and personnel costs and operating expenditures. Additionally, any unexpended and unencumbered balances from this fund for the Energy Resiliency Grant Program for fiscal year 2023, up to $15,000,000, are reappropriated for nonrecurring expenditures related to the program for fiscal year 2024. A report on the distribution and use of these subgrant funds is required by December 1, 2023. * **Full-Time Equivalent Positions:** The Office of Energy and Mineral Resources is authorized to have no more than 11.00 full-time equivalent positions, with notification to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for any increases authorized by the Governor. * **General Provisions:** All funds are subject to accountability reports and management reviews.