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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$83,390,060

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION TENNESSEE

energyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-01-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-14·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DESE0000121_089
Award description

PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR USA SPENDING: TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION WILL WORK WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTER, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, TO EXECUTE ACTIVITIES OUTLINED IN IRA PROVISION 50122 TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT HOME ENERGY PERFORMANCE-BASED, WHOLE-HOUSE REBATES PROGRAM TO BENEFIT U.S. HOUSEHOLDS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on Tennessee's 2025 home energy rebate program to help households improve energy efficiency through whole-house retrofits.

Sub-sectors
home-energy-efficiencyira-fundingwhole-house-rebates
Why this matters

Part of IRA's $8.8B residential efficiency push; scales market demand for heat pumps, insulation, and HVAC upgrades across Southeast.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for HVAC contractors, insulation manufacturers, and heat pump suppliers in Tennessee; may strain regional installer capacity.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. domestic manufacturing of heat pumps and efficiency components competes with Chinese imports; rebate program supports domestic supply chain development.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-31. Cost: $0.003041.

Period of performance
Start
2025-01-01
End
2029-12-31
Status
activein 1267 days
Sources

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