Subject: What the Governor is Talking About Today
What the Governor’s Talking about
Today
Monday, January 25, 2010
Governor Announces $17.4 Million in Energy
Efficiency Grants to 125 Michigan Communities
The governor announced today that the Michigan
Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DELEG) has awarded $17.4
million in grants to 125 cities, townships, villages and counties throughout
Michigan to support local energy efficiency projects. The state Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) are funded through the Recovery
Act.
DELEG’s Bureau of Energy Systems (BES) awarded the
EECBG grants to projects that will create and retain jobs, save energy and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The grant awards generally range from
$50,000 to $140,000 for single cities, townships or villages, and up to $650,000
for single counties and multi-jurisdictional recipients.
BES is administering these grants through two
separate programs:
• Multi-purpose competitive grants for
smaller communities will support energy efficiency measures such as replacing
high-energy systems in municipal buildings and street lighting, creating or
expanding community recycling programs, and installing small-scale renewable
energy generating systems.
• Light Emitting Diode/Solid State
Lighting (LED/SSL) competitive grants will fund demonstrations of LED/SSL
technology in various high-demand applications such as exterior parking, street
and traffic lighting.
Key messages:
• These Recovery Act funds will assist our
ongoing efforts in moving to a clean energy economy. Investing in
energy-saving projects throughout Michigan will boost the state’s energy
efficiency and renewable energy industries, reduce energy costs for communities
and create jobs.
• At a time when municipalities are
hard-pressed to fund capital improvements, these grants will jump start their
efforts and allow them to realize operational savings that can be used to fund
other energy efficiency and conservation projects.
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