California Energy Commission $3.6 million energy efficiency loan program can be used for LED streetlights

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced that $3.6 million in loans are available to California municipalities to fund energy efficiency projects including LED streetlight deployments. The CEC low interest loan program features an interest rate of 3 percent.

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Arlington, Massachusetts, allocates $270,000 for LED streetlight project

The city of Arlington, Massachusetts, has been awarded funds for energy efficient projects, including LED streetlight deployment. Arlington has been designated a Green Community by the state of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has awarded $170,000 to the city through the Green Community program. Arlington will provide an additional $100,000 from local funding sources.

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Broken Bow, Nebraska, awarded $189,580 and seeks LED streetlight fixtures for testing

The city of Broken Bow, Nebraska, has received a total of $189,580 from the federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and local funding sources for energy efficient streetlights. According to city officials, the federal grant request was written specifically for metal halide streetlights, but the city is also considering LED streetlight technology.

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Superior, Nebraska, awarded $317,800 for LED streetlights - Proposals Due

The city of Superior, Nebraska, has been awarded $317,800 in federal and local funds for the implementation of an LED streetlight project. The $250,000 federal portion of the award comes from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. Local matching funds of $67,800 were provided from funds set aside for municipal projects.

Proposals are due by the end of July - read the New Streetlights article for more details.

Holdrege, Nebraska, receives $343,029 for LED streetlights

The city of Holdrege, Nebraska, plans to spend $343,029 on the first phase of an LED streetlight replacement project. The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program is providing $250,000 of the funds, and an additional $93,029 are local, matching funds. The EECBG award is locally administered by the Nebraska Energy Office (NEO).

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Blair, Nebraska, to spend $323000 on LED streetlight project

The city of Blair, Nebraska, will spend $323,000 of federal and local funds to deploy LED streetlights.

The federal stimulus funds are from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, which is locally administered by the Nebraska Energy Office (NEO). The federal stimulus funds of $249,000, combined with a twenty percent local matching grant of $74,284, will be used for the city’s LED streetlight replacement program.

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American Canyon, California, awarded $88,498 for LED streetlights

The city of American Canyon, California, has received an award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program for the installation of LED streetlights on the city’s roadways. The federal award, in the amount of $88,498, is locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Only city-owned streetlights will be replaced with LED fixtures.

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Nebraska cities to spend $3.8 million on LED streetlights and other energy efficient street and traffic lighting

Twenty-one Nebraska cities will spend a total of $3.8 million to deploy LED streetlights and other energy efficient street and traffic lights.

The Nebraska Energy Office announced that the cities are recipients of approximately $2.6 million in funds from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The federal stimulus funds, which are locally administered by the Nebraska Energy Office, were combined with local matching funds of roughly $1.2 million. A total of $3,828,452 will be spent on energy efficient streetlights and traffic signals.

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Twenty Indiana cities receive $5 million award for LED streetlight program involving over 6,800 fixtures

The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program has awarded $5 million to the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) to implement a 6,811 LED streetlight program. The award will be distributed to twenty member communities throughout the IMPA network. Individual LED streetlight retrofit projects will vary in size based on the street lighting needs of each community. Member communities are cities with small populations, ranging in size from under 200 to over 15,000 inhabitants.

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Columbus, Wisconsin, to receive $268,705 in federal and local funds for LED streetlights

The city of Columbus, Wisconsin, has officially confirmed that it will receive $159,200 in stimulus funds that will be used for the installation of energy efficient LED streetlights. City officials voted to authorize an additional $109,505 in matching funds to increase the number of LED fixtures during the first phase of deployment.

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Easthampton, Massachusetts, awarded $174,985 for LED streetlights

The city of Easthampton, Massachusetts has been awarded $174,985 from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) for a project to install 200 LED streetlights. The funds have been awarded through a Green Communities Grant from the DOER’s Green Communities Division. The purpose of these awards is to enable Massachusetts cities and towns to reduce their energy consumption by implementing energy efficient projects.

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East Palo Alto, California, receives $180,214 for LED streetlights

The city of East Palo Alto, California is planning to replace 370 existing low pressure sodium (LPS) streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures using an $180,214 award from the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The federally funded EECBG award is locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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