This is the full story from the U.S. Dept. of Energies Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division. This is the government group that will be overseeing the recovery program. Most of the info is in the following two press releases. They also have some wonderful info. on the site if anyone is interested. INfo. such as WV residential electrical consumption is the 7 th. highest in the nation. Even though our homes are some of the smallest in the nation. Make much since? This needs to be addressed by the legislators! Maybe some code changes!

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Allots $16.8 Billion for EERE February 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009 — President Barack Obama today signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Alongside Vice President Joe Biden, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the president approved the $787 billion economic recovery package, the largest in the nation's history.

Emblematic of the bill's focus on investment in renewable and efficiency technologies, the President was introduced by Blake Jones, CEO of Namaste Solar—a solar energy company based in Colorado.

An unprecedented $16.8 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be appropriated for the Department of Energy's Office of Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs and initiatives.

After passing both houses of Congress and going to a joint Senate-House Conference Committee, the final appropriations include:

$5 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program $3.1 billion for the State Energy Program $3.2 billion for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants $2.5 billion for Applied Research, Development, Demonstration and Deployment including:

$800 million for Biomass $400 million for Geothermal $50 million for Information and Communications technology $2 billion for Advanced Battery Manufacturing Grants $400 million for Transportation Electrification $300 million for an Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program and ENERGY STAR® $300 million for an Alternative Fueled-Vehicles Pilot Grant Program

Economic Stimulus Act Provides $16.8 Billion for EERE Programs

President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the measure includes $16.8 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The funding is a nearly tenfold increase for EERE, which received $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2008. While the bulk of the new EERE funding is supporting direct grants and rebates, $2.5 billion will support EERE's applied research, development, and deployment activities, including $800 million for the Biomass Program, $400 million for the Geothermal Technologies Program, and $50 million for efforts to increase the energy efficiency of information and communications technologies. An additional $400 million will support efforts to add electric technologies to vehicles. And separate from the EERE budget, $400 million will support the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E), an agency to support innovative energy research, modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The economic stimulus act also stipulates that $5 billion will go towards the Weatherization Assistance Program, and the act also increases the eligible income level under the program, increases the funding assistance level to $6,500 per home, and allows new weatherization assistance for homes that were weatherized as recently as 1994. A complementary measure in the act provides $4 billion to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to rehabilitate and retrofit public housing, including increasing the energy efficiency of units, plus an additional $510 million to do the same for homes maintained by Native American housing programs. HUD will receive an additional $250 million to increase the energy efficiency of HUD-sponsored, low-income housing. See pages 59, 79, 254-261, and 275-278 of the act, as well as pages 24, 28, 84, and 86-87 of the accompanying joint explanatory statement of the conference committee. The act also directs $2 billion in EERE funds toward grants for the manufacturing of advanced battery systems and components within the United States, as well as the development of supporting software. The battery grants will support advanced lithium-ion batteries and hybrid electric systems. Another $300 million will support an Alternative Fueled Vehicles Pilot Grant Program, and an additional $300 million will support rebates for energy efficient appliances, while also supporting DOE's efforts under the Energy Star Program. The act also stipulates that $3.2 billion will go toward Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants, which were established in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, but were not previously funded. The grants will go toward states, local governments, and tribal governments to support the development of energy efficiency and conservation strategies and programs, including energy audit programs and projects to install fuel cells and solar, wind, and biomass power projects at government buildings. The act also stipulates that $3.1 billion of EERE funds will go toward the State Energy Program for additional grants that don't need to be matched with state funds, but the act only allows such grants for states that intend to adopt strict building energy codes and intend to provide utility incentives for energy efficiency measures. To help states implement the measures, a separate portion of the act allocates $500 million to the Department of Labor to prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy. See pages 59, 81-85, and 147-148 of the act, as well as pages 24, 28, and 51 of the accompanying joint explanatory statement of the conference committee.

Kevin Fooce fooce@hotmail.com 304-593-2875

From: fmoose39@hotmail.com To: jim_scon@yahoo.com; ec@osenergy.org; allantweddle@msn.com; barbara.howe@mail.wvu.edu; blittle@citynet.net; brbr_fallon@yahoo.com; daves@labyrinth.net; duane330@aol.com; ed.milam@occ.treas.gov; edon1985@comcast.net; freesource@cheat.org; greyhawkwv@verizon.net; jkotcon@wvu.edu; marvaevon@aol.com; nhisbobness@aol.com; pamalasue922@verizon.net; pjgrunt@gmail.com; regina1936@verizon.net; sallywilts@yahoo.com; william.depaulo@gmail.com Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:38:59 +0000 Subject: Re: [EC] WV Stimulus Projects

What I am understanding about the efficiency part of the stimulus is we as a state must enact the IECC 2008 building code for both commercial and residential buildings and have a full plan to get results.

WV is currently under the 2001 commercial code has no residential code and no plan to enact one! The national Sierra Club has some info on this and also the DOE at this address http://www.energycodes.gov/

As for conservation it looks like coal has won "planting trees on mine sites". And some items that I sent in the email yesterday.

Kevin Fooce fooce@hotmail.com 304-593-2875

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:24:44 -0800 From: jim_scon@yahoo.com Subject: WV Stimulus Projects To: ec@osenergy.org; allantweddle@msn.com; barbara.howe@mail.wvu.edu; blittle@citynet.net; brbr_fallon@yahoo.com; daves@labyrinth.net; duane330@aol.com; Ed.Milam@occ.treas.gov; edon1985@comcast.net; fmoose39@hotmail.com; freesource@cheat.org; greyhawkwv@Verizon.net; jkotcon@wvu.edu; marvaevon@aol.com; nhisbobness@aol.com; pamalasue922@verizon.net; pjgrunt@gmail.com; regina1936@verizon.net; sallywilts@yahoo.com; william.depaulo@gmail.com

Looking at the Gov's website for stimulus information:

So far not a cent listed for efficiency, conservation, weatherization, public transportation, etc.

One can only hope those are yet to come...

Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com 304.906.6628

Remember: Mother Nature bats last.

--- On Wed, 2/25/09, WV Democratic Party wvparty@wvdemocrats.com wrote:

From: WV Democratic Party wvparty@wvdemocrats.com Subject: Obama's Speech/WV Stimulus Projects To: jim_scon@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:00 PM

President Obama Delivers Speech to Joint Session of Congress "We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before." -- President Obama

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State of West Virginia Releases List of Projects Funded by Stimulus Check this website www.wvgov.org and look for updates on the stimulus dollars for WV

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