Both Howgate and Evan Horowitz said the main reason earlier predictions were so wrong was that no one was counting on such a large infusion of federal cash.
"It was originally a multi-state effort to put a price on the carbon in motor fuel...and thereby reduce the amount of carbon and reduce the amount of other emissions."
“You have lots of complicated questions about who’s going to get it because everyone wants a piece of it, so you need something that’s going to force a compromise or force decisions,”
“It’s a lot of money, but it’s not infinite money. Not even close,” Evan Horowitz said.That comment proved prescient as House leaders said this week that they had gotten requests from 400 individuals and organizations totaling more than $30 billion.