$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 conservatio...