Funding to ensure that public utility commissions can meet the increased demands caused by the increased workload required to fully address the electricity sector initiatives included in the Recovery Act. These funds will be available to Public Utility Comissions to hire additional staff so they can ensure appropriate technical expertise will be dedicated to regulatory activities pertaining to ARRA electricity-related initiatives. Amount of Award: $858,816.00 State Administering Agency: Public Service CommissionFederally Awarding Agency: Department of EnergyThis initiative will focus on building regional energy assurance capability to allow states to better coordinate and communicate with one another, on energy security, reliability, and emergency response issues. Amount of Award: $591,715.00 State Administering Agency: Department for Energy Development and IndependenceFederally Awarding Agency: Department of EnergyIn Kentucky, 9,883 school buses carry 447,000 students to and from school each day, driving 102 million miles and burning 13 million gallons of diesel fuel. The Clean School Bus program, when implemented by each district, will reduce school bus pollution through a combination of idle reduction policies and bus retrofits. Amount of Award: $1,730,000.00 State Administering Agency: Department for Environmental ProtectionFederally Awarding Agency: Department of EnergyAssists eligible entities in creating and implementing strategies to reduce fossil fuel emissions in a manner that is environmentally sustainable and to maximize the benefit for local and regional communities; reduce the total energy use of the eligible entity; and improve energy efficiency in the building, transportation, and other sectors. This is the first funding this program has ever received. 60% of the funding must be awarded to cities (less than 35,000 population) and counties (less than 200,000). Cities and counties of larger sizes will receive direct grants from the federal government. Amount of Award: $10,427,000.00 State Administering Agency: Department for Energy Development and IndependenceFederally Awarding Agency: Department of EnergyThe State Energy Program is designed to increase energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and consumption for consumers, businesses, and government; reduce reliance on imported energy; improve the reliability of electricity and fuel supply and the delivery of energy services; and reduce the impacts of energy production and use on the environment. States use grants to address their energy priorities to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Amount of Award: $52,533,000.00 State Administering Agency: Department for Energy Development and IndependenceFederally Awarding Agency: Department of Energy |
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