Reid ensures funding from economic recovery package brings major benefits to Silver State

March 26, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Energy efficiency projects that will save money for families and create jobs for workers received a major boost from Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who secured funding for the efforts through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. Projects benefiting areas throughout the state will receive more than $32 million to put Nevadans to work inspecting buildings for energy inefficiency and performing retrofitting work to make them more efficient. There will also be projects developing and installing on-site renewable energy for government buildings, and making transportation improvements like synchronizing traffic signals and creating bike lanes, pathways and pedestrian walkways.

This funding is part of the recently passed economic recovery package that directs more than $1.5 billion to Nevada.
 
“Energy efficiency not only puts money back into the pockets of Nevada families, but these projects also bring much-needed jobs to all corners to our state,” Reid said. “Both our urban and rural areas will see the benefit of this work, which will move us toward a clean energy future with the potential to turn around and transform our economy.”
 
The purpose of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, first enacted in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is to assist communities in reducing fossil fuel emissions in an environmentally sustainable manner by cutting total energy use of those communities, thereby saving consumers and taxpayers money. It is also designed to improve energy efficiency in the transportation sector, the building sector, and other sectors.
 
The funding will be distributed as follows:

State
Nevada State Energy Office   $9,593,500

Cities

Boulder City   $61,600
Carson City   $538,900
Elko    $76,500

Fernley    $52,000
Henderson     $2,237,000
Las Vegas   $5,449,200
Mesquite     $69,900
North Las Vegas   $1,907,400
Reno     $2,142,800
Sparks     $840,000

Counties

Churchill     $104,900
Clark     $7,663,500
Douglas     $195,000
Elko     $123,600
Humboldt     $75,600
Lyon     $165,200  
Nye     $185,700
Pershing     $50,000
Washoe     $401,200
White Pine     $50,000

Tribes

Confederated Tribes of  the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and  Utah     $25,000
Duckwater Shoshone  Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada   $25,000
Ely Shoshone Tribe of  Nevada     $25,000
Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, Nevada     $25,000
Lovelock Paiute Tribe  of the Lovelock Indian Colony, Nevada   $25,000
Moapa Band of Paiute  Indians of the Moapa  River Indian Reservation,  Nevada     $25,000
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe  of the Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada   $38,000
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada   $58,400
Reno-Sparks Indian  Colony, Nevada   $44,400
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes  of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada     $47,400
Summit Lake  Paiute Tribe of Nevada     $25,000
Te-Moak Tribe of  Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four constituent bands:  Battle  Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and Wells Band)     $44,300
Walker River Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Reservation, Nevada     $36,800
Winnemucca Indian  Colony of Nevada   $25,000
Yerington Paiute Tribe  of the Yerington Colony & Campbell  Ranch, Nevada   $26,200
Yomba Shoshone Tribe  of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada   $25,000
Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California  and Nevada   $32,200
Washoe Tribe of  Nevada & California (Carson  Colony, Dresslerville Colony,  Woodfords Community, Stewart  Community, & Washoe Ranches)   $111,800  
Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the  Fort McDermitt Indian  Reservation, Nevada and Oregon   $25,800
Confederated Tribes of  the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and  Utah     $25,000