Energy Department Awards 38 States $26.5 Million to Fund State Energy Efficiency Priorities
Jul 05, 2005 -- ENERGY DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is providing 38 states with $26.5 million in State Energy Program (SEP) grants for Fiscal Year 2005. This is part of $44 million to be distributed to the fifty states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in this fiscal year. SEP grants support and encourage state energy-saving and efficiency goals.
State energy program funds have supported projects such as California's "Energy Saving Traffic Lights;" Illinois' Small Business $mart Energy Program; Indiana's purchase of two compressed natural gas street sweepers; and Kentucky's biodiesel infrastructureprogram, connecting biodiesel customers with biodiesel distributors across the state. SEP projects are managed by state energy offices with support from DOE's six regional energy efficiency and renewable energy offices.
Every $1 invested by SEP is matched by $3.54 by state and local governments and the private sector, and saves the American people $7.23. The State Energy Program saves an average 41.35 million British thermal units (Btu) per year, reducing energy bills by $256 million. DOE is distributing a total of $44 million in SEP grants this year to every state and U.S. territory, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
A listing of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy state activities and partnerships, many of which are partially funded by SEP grants, can be found at: www.eere.energy.gov/states/.
State
FY 2005 Formula Distribution
Alaska
$351,000
Arizona
$659,000
California
$2,953,000
Colorado
$685,000
Connecticut
$634,000
Delaware
$310,000
Hawaii
$324,000
Idaho
$361,000
Indiana
$1,048,000
Kansas
$560,000
Kentucky
$726,000
Louisiana
$872,000
Maine
$400,000
Maryland
$802,000
Minnesota
$911,000
Mississippi
$524,000
Missouri
$863,000
Montana
$335,000
Nebraska
$432,000
Nevada
$394,000
New Hampshire
$374,000
New Mexico
$412,000
New York
$2,404,000
North Carolina
$1,016,000
North Dakota
$321,000
Oklahoma
$633,000
Oregon
$577,000
Rhode Island
$346,000
South Carolina
$636,000
South Dakota
$310,000
Utah
$448,000
Vermont
$305,000
Virginia
$983,000
Washington
$806,000
Wisconsin
$947,000
Wyoming
$304,000
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