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California utilities to reclaim unused money from school air conditioning program

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Lawmakers and the governor on Monday failed to extend a state grant 
program that helped schools upgrade their air conditioner systems, a 
decision that will allow utilities that funded the program to claw back 
funds for their ratepayers. 

The California Schools Healthy Air, Plumbing, and Efficiency program — 
CalSHAPE for short — set aside nearly $1 billion in utility funds to 
help schools assess and upgrade aging HVAC and plumbing systems. But the 
California Energy Commission abruptly closed applications in 2024, 
leaving $191 million unused —  money that must now be returned to 
utilities by law.  

After last-minute negotiations, lawmakers passed a budget trailer bill 
giving schools that had already received funding an additional three 
years to finish projects before the state claws back the money. But they 
dropped a separate measure that would have re-opened applications for 
schools to make upgrades because it did not have support from Gov. Gavin 
Newsom, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.   

“I don’t understand why (Newsom) doesn’t have the backs of everyday 
people in California, and why he doesn’t think that children deserve a 
safe place to learn with air conditioning,” said Leah Stokes, a 
political science associate professor at UC Santa Barbara who has 
advocated for the program. “This is all on him.”

Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a spokesperson for the governor, declined to 
comment on the matter.

https://www.almanacnews.com/calmatters/2026/09/01/california-utilities-
to-reclaim-unused-money-from-school-air-conditioning-program/

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