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American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA):
Energy Funding
Opportunities for
Municipalities
Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create a Greener Energy Future
MAPC
Suffolk University
April 27, 2009
Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future
Green Communities’ Role
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Massachusetts’ Department of Energy
Resources’ (DOER) Green Communities
Division is here to assist cities and towns in:
Identifying ARRA funding
Determining the best way to use ARRA funds
to meet US DOE program requirements
Guiding municipalities through the application
process
Ensuring transparency and accountability
Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future
TOPICS
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Overview of Different Funding Opportunities
Overview of Clean Cities and Energy
Efficiency Formula Block Grants (EECBG)
Compliance
Green Communities Resources
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ARRA – Funding Opportunities for
Municipalities
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Alternative Fueled Vehicles Pilot Grant Program
– Due to DOER May 18; www.mass.gov/doer
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs)
– Interest-free bonds for clean energy production facilities;
awards made from smallest to largest
– Applications due August 4th to IRS
Energy Conservation Bonds - $67M for MA
– Interest-free bonds for capital expenditures for a wide range
of activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions
allocated to states by population and to large local
governments
Energy Efficiency Block Grants - $400M
– competitive nationwide; awaiting guidance
Energy Efficiency Block Grants - Formula
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CLEAN CITIES VEHICLE PROGRAM
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DOER will provide funding for up to 100% of alternative
fuel / hybrid vehicles’ incremental cost up to
established limits. To be considered for funding
applicants must supply a list of vehicles to be
purchased accompanied by a letter committing to
purchase if a grant is awarded.
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Application packages are available through the
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources’
Website at www.mass.gov/doer. The Application
deadline is May 18, 2009.
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Block Grant (EECBG)
•Direct Grants to Cities and Towns with a population >
35,000 – Application Deadline: June 25, 2009
•DOER / Green Communities developed and administered
grants for Cities and Towns with a population < 35,000 –
Application Deadline for DOER: May 26, 2009
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EECBG – Types of Uses
Development of Energy Efficiency and Technical Consultant Services
Conservation Strategy
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Residential and Commercial Building
Energy Audits
Financial Incentive Programs
Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Programs for Buildings and Facilities
Development and Implementation of
Transportation Programs
Building codes and Inspections
Distributed Energy
Material Conservation Programs
Reduction and Capture of Methane
and Greenhouse Gases
Traffic Signals and Lighting
Renewable Technologies on
Government Buildings
Any Other Appropriate Activity
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EECBG – Communities > 35,000
The 42 Massachusetts communities with more than
35,000 residents are eligible for direct funding from the
US DOE.
Cities and Towns apply directly and receive their funds
straight from the US DOE. Applications are due by
June 25, 2009 at 8pm Eastern Time. The amount of
funding available to applicable cities and towns has
been predetermined based on a formula contained in
the ARRA Opportunity Notice
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EECBG > 35,000 Communities
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Amherst - $162,000
Arlington - $159,700
Attleboro - $179,600
Barnstable - $202,400
Beverly - $169,600
Billerica - $180,200
Boston - $6,506,200
Brockton - $865,000
Brookline - $494,400
Cambridge - $1,139,400
Chelsea - $164,000
Chicopee - $499,100
Everett - $149,300
Fall River - $861,300
Fitchburg - $168,000
Framingham - $657,000
Haverhill - $542,700
Holyoke - $175,700
Lawrence - $651,300
Leominster - $175,500
Lowell - $954,700
Lynn - $788,100
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Malden - $501,500
Marlborough - $178,000
Medford - $504,000
Methuen - $179,200
New Bedford - $869,300
Newton - $799,600
Peabody - $494,200
Pittsfield - $189,100
Plymouth - $514,300
Quincy - $881,200
Revere - $485,500
Salem - $174,300
Somerville - $651,100
Springfield - $1,498,200
Taunton - $519,600
Waltham - $630,500
Westfield - $170,300
Weymouth - $485,800
Woburn - $174,600
Worcester - $1,733,000
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EECBG < 35,000
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DOER will apply for and receive the funds from US
DOE to distribute to communities with fewer than
35,000 residents. The amount of funding for these
sub-grants, and for DOER programming and
assistance, is $14,752,100, of which 60% must be
provided in sub-grants.
DOER is in the midst of developing a process to
provide direct energy assistance to all communities
while also providing an application process for the
sub-grants. The DOER plan for this process must be
submitted to US DOE by May 25th. DOER will notify
municipalities when there is more information
available.
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ARRA Compliance and Transparecny
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Section 1512 of ARRA outlines many of the reporting
requirements.
Massachusetts has been selected as one of 16 states that the
federal government, specifically the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
that will be scrutinizing use of stimulus funds.
This means not just looking at what entities receive funds,
either through formula or a grant process, but how each
decision was made from start to finish.
We encourage you to look at your internal controls and update
them to ensure that all decisions related to stimulus funds can
be documented.
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Green Communities Resources
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ARRA Guidance
-EECBG > 35,000: www.grants.gov
DOER Guidance
-Clean Cities: www.mass.gov/doer
-EECBG: www.mass.gov/energy/greencommunities
Green Communities Webinars
- > 35,000 April 22, 2009 available at
www.mass.gov/doer
- < 35,000 May 6, 2009 at 10am
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Staff Contacts
– Mark Sylvia
 [email protected], 617- 626-7339
– Meg Lusardi
 [email protected], 617-626-7364
– Jack Bevelaqua (Clean Cities and EECBG >
35,000 forms and application process)
 [email protected], 617-626-7328