GROWING THE GREEN JOB BOOM

The stimulus bill has supplied billions of dollars to state and local governments to fund
projects to create jobs. Some of that money is going into “green jobs.” A certain number
of these involve renovating homes and buildings to make them more energy efficient,
a process called “weatherization,” or “energy effficiency retrofitting.” This is a look at three
of the major initiatives that are creating weatherization and other energy-efficiency-related STATE ENERGY PROGRAM
green jobs, where that money is being spent in states so far, and some examples of how SEP gives money to states to increase energy
the money is being used to help bring these improvements to the communities that need efficiency—including increasing the lighting
them the most. and heating efficiency of government buildings—
and to invest in renewable energy sources.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION

BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
EECBG gives money to state, county, and city governments,
and tribes to implement energy-efficiency programs,
conduct building efficiency audits, provide grants to non-
profits to retrofit buildings, and implement other energy-
efficiency programs.
One-third according TOTAL OF One-third according to

WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

to population
$3.1 energy consumption

BILLION
WAP provides funds to reduce the energy bills of low-income
families by renovating their homes to make them more energy
efficient. Measures include improving insulation, sealing air
$90.4M
leaks, and replacing windows and inefficient heaters or coolers. $2.8 $450 How it is distributed
BILLION MILLION
$351.7M TOTAL OF
$74.3M
$770 million to states,
$ 3.2 Competitive grants One-third equally among
Washington, D.C., and BILLION
for a “Retrofit Ramp-Up”: all states and territories
U.S. territories and a program that targets
protectorates to be innovative, large-scale
given in grants, energy-efficiency
60 percent of which How it is distributed building retrofit projects.
Climatic Low-income
TOTAL OF must go to cities with
$87.5M conditions population
populations under
$208.8M
$130.8M
$5 .
35,000 and counties
with populations
BILLION
under 200,000.
$49.2M $54
$175.1M $1.9 billion to cities
MILLION

$157.9M How it is distributed:

By a formula that takes with populations over
into account a state’s: 35,000 and counties Indian tribes
with populations
over 200,000.
$15.3M
Residential energy $16.0M $23.7M
expenditures by $21.0M $21.1M $22.5M
low-income households $22.2M $25.4M
$50.4M $22.2M $32.3M
$31.5M $28.3M
$168.6M $31.6M $23.6M
$70.4M $42.2M $28.7M
$24.3M $48.8M
$40.5M $20.7M $42.4M
$56.1M
$112.2M $52.3M $52.7M
$23.8M $60.7M
$97M $24.6M
$37.7M
$22.2M

C
$22.9M $102.5M
$63.8M
$13M $43.8M $21.7M $22.8M
$76.6M $51.2M $22.2M $37.4M
$84.2M $97.3M $37.2M $52.7M
$32.9M $30.4M $56.6M
$106.7M
$67.2M
$49.9M
$58.1M
$52.8M
$75.5M
$47.5M
A
$8.8M
$9.6M
$14.0M
$3.2M
$8.8M $15.9M
$10.3M $5.9M
$10.4M $6.7M
$10.0M
$12.0M $15.1M
$14.0M $4.0M
$9.6M
$15.0M
$9.5M $14.5M
$13.2M $8.0M
$9.8M $9.8M
$10.3M $12.8M
$13.9M $10.1M
$9.3M
$10.3M
$14.0M $33.6M
$15.4M $10.6M
$11.4M
$24.5M
$10.9M $17.0M $5M
$14.8M $12.1M
$16.8M $42.2M
$33.5M
$12.7M
$15.4M $12.4M $42.6M
$20.6M
$18.8M $10.7M
$16.7M

$14.1M
$16.1M
$17.0M
$27.2M
$24.4M
B
$13.9M $27.8M $19.8M
$32.0M $15.2M
$14.9M

A WAP: KANSAS CITY, MO B EECBG: PORTLAND, OR C SEP: WASHINGTON STATE

The city council of Kansas City voted to leverage
$200 million in stimulus funds to designate a 150-
block area of the city a “Green Impact Zone.” The
money will be used for initiatives like weatherizing
each of the 2,500 homes in the zone, and training
unemployed residents in weatherization and to
modernize the electricity network.
A collaboration between GOOD and
Tiziana Haug & Steve Rura.
SEP funding up to August 14, 2009. WAP funding up to July 21, 2009. EECBG funding up to August 25, 2009.
Clean Energy Works Portland will use $2.5 million
in EECBG money to fund a program that finances
residential energy-efficiency retrofits, enabling
Portland homeowners to take out long-term, low-
interest loans and repay them through the savings
they will receive on their utility bills. Home-energy
retrofits will save energy and lower bills while
creating construction jobs, ultimately retrofitting
100,000 homes and contributing to the creation
of 10,000 jobs.
Washington state will spend more than $14 million
in SEP funds on the Community-wide Urban
Residential and Commercial Energy Efficiency
Program. This money will retrofit moderate-income
homes and small businesses across the state.
An additional $5 million will help residents enhance
their credit so that they can get good loans to invest
in energy efficiency for their homes and businesses.
This program will complement the statewide
plan to weatherize low-income homes.