Colorado launched a rebate program Thursday to help income-qualified residents pay for upgraded, energy-efficient equipment in their homes as part of a Biden-era initiative to address climate change.

Colorado will distribute $54 million to fund rebates over the next few years as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by then-President Joe Biden.

Although President Donald Trump has moved to retract federal money from many Biden administration programs , especially in Democrat-controlled states like Colorado, this funding remains intact, and Colorado is one of about a dozen states that have announced it will spend the money in the coming year, said Will Toor, executive director of the Colorado Energy Office , which will oversee the grant money

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