Capacity-building planning grants for local governments
Washington received funding to pass through $2,046,501 in federal formula funding for the federal EECBG program to cities and counties that are not eligible to receive allocations directly from the federal Department of Energy. These grants support communities that work with consultants to develop plans and strategies for the following pre-construction activities:
- Financing, purchasing, and installing energy-efficient equipment, renewable energy infrastructure, and zero-emission transportation and associated infrastructure.
- Energy audits that are conducted on commercial and residential buildings.
2024 awardees
The first group of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds have been awarded to:
- $98,488 to Chelan County for a greenhouse gas emissions inventory to inform a regional climate resilience plan.
- $38,454 to City of College Place for a strategic energy plan that supports city buildings including City Hall, a fire station and public works.
- $160,000 to City of Des Moines for an environmental and economic analysis as well as community engagement activities to support a planned electric ferry.
- $15,563 for the City of Maple Valley to support an energy audit of public works facilities with the goal of retrofitting to reduce emissions.
- $21,680 to City of Tukwila for energy audits to support later electrification to reduce emissions at the city hall, community center and recreational facilities.
- $317,325 to Island County to support an energy audit and system update planning for the county’s Law and Justice building and Juvenile Detention Center.
- $110,000 to Kittitas County to support an energy audit for the courthouse/jail complex.
- $110,000 to Jefferson County to promote a C-PACER program and increase industrial energy efficiency.
- $253,000 to Jefferson County to create energy-efficient stock house plans that reduce emissions and lower costs of homebuilding in their community.