$45 Million Available to Texas Cities and Counties for Energy Conservation

Thanks to Texzon Energy for puting  me onto this new program...

Funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program under the Recovery Act totals $3.2 billion. Of this amount, approximately $2.7 billion will be awarded through formula grants.
This Program was only approved three weeks ago on 9/14/09

 
SECO will receive approximately $45 million under the EECBG to administer to cities and counties not receiving direct EECBG allocations from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). See if your city or county received a direct EECBG allocation.

 
Federal Amount Available: $3.2 billion, nationally

 
Direct Allocations to "entitlement" Cities and Counties in Texas: $163,121,800
(Cities over 35,000/Counties over 200,000)

 
State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) Allocated: $45,638,100
(Cities under 35,000/Counties under 200,000)

 

 

 
Use of Funds

 
Grants can be used for energy efficiency and conservation programs and projects community wide, as well as renewable energy installations on government buildings. Activities eligible for use of funds include:
  • Building energy audits and retrofits
  • Installation of distributed energy technologies including combined heat and power and district heating and cooling systems
  • Installation of energy-efficient traffic signals and street lighting
  • Installation of renewable energy technologies on government buildings

 
List of Eligible Cities w/ Estimated Allocations (PDF, 227 KB)
List of Eligible Counties w/ Estimated Allocations (PDF, 109 KB)

 
The Rest @ The Texas State Eneregy Conservation Office

 



 

 

 

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