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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 07, 2009
GOVERNOR PATERSON DIRECTS STATE POWER AUTHORITIES TO AID MUNICIPALITIES ELIGIBLE FOR $175 MILLION IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS
Power Authorities Will Assist Communities With Spending Plan Applications Required to Obtain Federal Stimulus Funding
Program Will Provide Energy Efficiency Programs for New York’s Communities; Will Create Clean Energy Jobs and Help Protect the Environment
Governor David A. Paterson today announced that municipalities across New York are eligible for $175 million for energy efficiency programs provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. This funding will help support cities, counties, and towns across the State with projects and strategies that will bolster energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, create clean energy jobs, protect the environment and reduce our carbon footprint. In order to receive funding, municipalities must present spending plans to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by June 25th.
To help ensure that all eligible municipalities receive funding, Governor Paterson has directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to assist their respective governmental customers in designing spending plans, and to aid in mapping out the placement of resources within each community.
“I want to thank New York’s congressional delegation for supporting ARRA and recognizing the role that clean energy investments can play in revitalizing our economy. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program will advance my ‘45 by 15’ initiative to meet 45 percent of the State’s electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by 2015,” said Governor Paterson. “If municipalities do not submit applications on time, they may forgo these grants. Therefore, I have called upon NYPA, LIPA and NYSERDA to assist in designing effective efficiency programs.”
DOE allocated nearly $146 million in ARRA funding for 54 of New York’s largest cities, counties, and towns based on a federal formula that accounts for population and energy use. In addition, New York was allocated $29 million to be distributed by NYSERDA to municipalities through a competitive grant program; a portion of this allocation ($18 million) is reserved for smaller municipalities that did not receive direct grants from DOE.
EECBG funds are designed to create jobs, reduce total energy use and reduce fossil fuel emissions. Eligible uses of this funding include energy audits and energy efficiency retrofits in residential and commercial buildings, the development and implementation of advanced building codes and inspections, and the creation of financial incentive programs for energy efficiency improvements. Other uses include transportation programs that conserve energy, material conservation activities such as recycling, projects that reduce and capture methane and other greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, renewable energy installations on government buildings, installation of energy efficient traffic signals and street lights, and deployment of combined heat and power systems, district heating and cooling systems, and others.
Funding for the EECBG program includes the following allocations:
- New York State: $29,760,600
- Albany: $1,104,000
- Amherst: $1,052,700.00
- Babylon: $1,545,200.00
- Binghamton: $204,200.00
- Brookhaven: $4,141,200.00
- Buffalo: $2,736,900.00
- Cheektowaga: $718,800.00
- Clarkstown: $751,300.00
- Clay: $515,100.00
- Clifton Park: $149,200.00
- Colonie: $661,900.00
- Freeport: $173,100.00
- Greece: $831,900.00
- Greenburgh: $186,000.00
- Hamburg: $187,300.00
- Hempstead: $4,577,700.00
- Hempstead (Village): $479,800.00
- Henrietta: $213,700.00
- Huntington: $1,725,200.00
- Irondequoit: $440,000.00
- Islip: $3,026,100.00
- Mount Vernon: $625,700.00
- New Rochelle: $684,600.00
- New York City: $80,802,900.00
- Niagara Falls: $498,500.00
- North Hempstead: $892,100.00
- Orangetown: $156,000.00
- Oyster Bay: $2,217,000.00
- Penfield: $145,500.00
- Perinton: $170,800.00
- Poughkeepsie: $184,500.00
- Rochester: $2,199,800.00
- Schenectady: 601,300.00
- Smithtown: $1,064,500.00
- Southampton: $206,600.00
- Syracuse: $1,444,500.00
- Tonawanda: $544,700.00
- Troy: $207,400.00
- Utica: $587,400.00
- Webster: $154,400.00
- West Seneca: $181,100.00
- White Plains: $650,800.00
- Yonkers: $1,823,200.00
- Yorktown: $158,100.00
- Dutchess County: $2,328,800.00
- Erie County: $2,903,000.00
- Monroe County: $2,063,200.00
- Nassau County: $3,723,100.00
- Onondaga County: $2,459,000.00
- Orange County: $3,516,700.00
- Rockland County: $749,300.00
- Suffolk County: $732,900.00
- Ulster County: $754,400.00
- Westchester County: $4,508,600.00
More information on the Energy and Efficiency and Conservation program is available at
http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/grantalloc.html.
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