Nice summary of the stimulus package energy provisions from Kevin Fooce.
--- On Fri, 2/27/09, kevin fooce fmoose39@hotmail.com wrote:
From: kevin fooce fmoose39@hotmail.com Subject: Stimulus To: "Jim Sconer" jim_scon@yahoo.com Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 7:51 PM
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How does the money make it to the people.
Weatherization help is provided to people who fall below a certain income based upon the number of dependents, income, and when the home was last modernized. The home owner will have to apply to a community action agency that serves the area the home owner lives in. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant go to local governments. They need to be applied for through U.S. Dept. of Energy. Note: state is eligible but only the 10 largest counties or city are eligible. What this money is for is improving the energy efficiency of government buildings. The projects have to be ready to go very soon. One example I have for this one is Huntington has gave out 2, one for a duplex and one for a fourplex the renovated cost is about $400k. State Energy program. This is what I was talking about enacting codes to get the money to locals. R&D don't know about it. This one is a lot harder to find. Advanced Battery already gone. Energy efficient appliance is a tax credit we can all take will be mainly energy star appliances and will dependent on what is bought. Great program if used in conjunction with WV program can save residents a lot of money and some energy. Good for furnace, heat pumps, etc. RE tax credit put solar in get 30% tax credit not capped now. Also for wind, hydro, geothermal etc. We also have some RE grants available to business must have matching money. Mainly for utility scale energy projects. Available through U.S. Dept. of Energy. USDA has several programs for cities and business. Great programs but don't fall under stimulus money. Electrification is smart grid. If utilized in appropriate manner could be a good item. Smart grid technologies utilize many different products. It can be anything from a higher voltage line which can result in running 1 set of line instead of 2 or three as with Trail. If Trail was to have upgraded the present line from a 365kv to a 1.2mv they would have tripled it's capacity. "What I understand about the present line is it is a 365kv line of coarse this is just what I was told I could not confirm it in writing" Another item of interest is they have some giant batteries that can store megawatts of electricity. This is one of the items that is needed with RE. When the wind does not blow or the sun does not shine these batteries take up the slack. It is also part of a new billing idea the government has. This will show when and where the power goes and what the true loses are with it. Big field a lot to look at! Transportation big companies and government get the benefit not for WV. $500 million for retraining. Believe this would be a good time for a trade school or community college to build a RE program. Hope this helps.
Kevin Fooce fooce@hotmail.com 304-593-2875
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