$7.75 million awarded in Energize Missouri Homes Homeowner Upgrades and Geothermal Program
November 17, 2010
Jefferson City, MO
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources today announced it has selected six organizations for grant awards totaling $7.75 million for the Energize Missouri Homes - Homeowner Upgrades and Geothermal Program.
The department has made Energize Missouri Homes grants available through funding received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The organizations will provide program services to homeowners in defined regions of the state. Interested homeowners may identify their local organization and contact them directly to learn more about the program or may visit the department’s website at EnergizeMissouri.org.
Through the Energize Missouri Homes - Homeowner Upgrades and Geothermal Program, these six organizations will assist more than 1,200 Missouri homeowners with funding for energy audits and energy efficiency upgrades such as weather stripping, insulation, efficient heating and cooling systems and installing geothermal systems.
“Making a home more energy-efficient can lower energy bills, improve the comfort of a home and help protect the environment,” said Kip Stetzler, Acting Director of the Department of Natural Resources. “These energy-saving home improvements have the potential to save families hundreds of dollars a year on their utility bill and increase their property’s value. This program will help Missouri homeowners realize measurable energy savings.”
The organizational grant recipients include:
· Boonslick Regional Planning Commission will receive a grant award of $600,000 to provide program services for the central eastern region of the state encompassing 11 counties.
· Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission will receive a grant award of $1.6 million to provide program services for the central western region of the state encompassing 16 counties.
· Meramec Regional Planning Commission will receive a grant award of $800,000 to provide program services for the central eastern region of the state encompassing 16 counties.
· Metropolitan Energy Center will receive a grant award of $1.75 million to provide program services for a 48-county region encompassing much of the western and northern parts of the state.
· Missouri Botanical Gardens will receive a grant award of $1.75 million to provide program services for the City of St. Louis and an 18 county region encompassing much of the eastern and southern parts of the state.
· White River Valley Electric Cooperative will receive a grant award of $1.25 million to provide program services to Ozark, Taney, Douglas, Stone and Christian counties, comprising the cooperative’s service territory.
The department received project applications for the Energize Missouri Homes - Homeowner Upgrades and Geothermal Program through a competitive application process. Grant recipients have until January 2012 to complete their projects.
The department is administering more than $200 million in Recovery Act funding to support Energize Missouri projects to create jobs and improve energy efficiencies and renewable energy for Missouri. The department is committed to working closely with the selected organizations to assist with funding efforts that support energy efficiency projects as well as provide financial savings.
For more information on the Homeowner Upgrades and Geothermal Program, contact Energize Missouri Homes, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or 877-610-0834 and EMH.upgrades@shawgrp.com.
From the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
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