American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) submitted Virginia’s grant proposals to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for $86.1 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to establish several new programs that support energy efficiency and renewable energy development.

Under the State Energy Program portion of the ARRA stimulus funding, DMME will implement several new energy efficiency, renewable energy and economic development initiatives. Click on the following link to learn more:
 
State Energy Program (SEP) Stimulus Grant Overview    

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program will award $16.1 million to help local governments, cities and counties, implement strategies to encourage energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. The program emphasizes a community-based approach to help meet energy and climate protection goals. Click on the following link to learn more:

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG)   

DOE is providing to all states and territories allocations of ARRA funds to set up new, or augment existing, energy and water efficient appliance rebate programs. The money is being divided up by state, according to population. Virginia is preparing an application for $7.45 million to supplement existing or new efficient appliance rebate programs managed by utilities and other suppliers of energy and water. The deadline for Virginia's application to DOE is October 15, 2009. Check this page after October 15, 2009 for additional information.

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