Riverbank, California, receives $267,000 grant for LED streetlights

The city of Riverbank, California, has received funding approval from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for the city’s first major installation of LED streetlights. The city requested $539,614 for the proposed installation of energy efficient LED streetlight fixtures, and $267,000 was granted by the CEC. The project is funded by a grant award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and locally administered by the CEC.


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Foster City, California, applies for $747,939 grant for LED streetlights

The city of Foster City, California, has received preliminary funding approval from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for the city’s second installation of LED streetlights. The city requested $747,939 for the proposed installation of energy efficient LED streetlight fixtures. Funds are expected to be available by June 2012 and will be used to replace all of the city’s boulevard and street roadway fixtures.


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Shasta Lake, California, plans for $475,000 LED streetlight program

The city of Shasta Lake, California, has received preliminary funding approval from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for the city’s first major installation of LED streetlights. The city requested $475,000 for the proposed installation of energy efficient LED streetlight fixtures. Funds are expected to be available by June 2012 and will be used to replace all of the city’s streetlights.


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California to award $10 million in EECBG funds for energy efficiency projects

The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced two funding opportunities for energy efficient projects, including LED streetlights, for California’s small cities and counties. Funds totaling $10 million will be awarded to applicants for Phase II of the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The CEC has already committed or approved $37.3 million in Phase I funds. The CEC also announced the 3% energy efficiency loan program, which can be used to finance energy efficient projects of up to $3 million in value.


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Kerman, California, to install 718 LED streetlights in city-wide replacement program

The city of Kerman, California, expects to launch a full scale replacement of all city-owned streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures before the end of 2011. The city’s streetlight conversion efforts will be funded by an award of $72,000 from US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and a $202,000 low interest loan from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The combined funds will enable the city of Kerman to replace all 718 city-owned streetlights with the energy efficient LED fixtures.


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Ceres, Burlingame, Kerman and Salinas, California, to install over 4,000 LED streetlights

The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently approved nearly $2 million in low interest loans for streetlighting improvements in four California cities. The CEC loans are funded by bonds and stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The fund, Energy Conservation Assistance Act (ECAA), was created to provide low-interest loans to local governments and other organizations for energy efficiency and energy-producing projects. The four cities receiving CEC loans are Ceres, Burlingame, Kerman and Salinas.


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