▁under ▁which ▁a ▁contract or ▁designs , ▁construct s , ▁and ▁obtain s ▁the ▁necessary ▁finan cing ▁for ▁an ▁energy ▁sav ings ▁project , ▁and ▁the ▁federal ▁ag ency ▁makes ▁pay ments ▁over ▁time ▁to ▁the ▁contract or ▁from ▁the ▁sav ings ▁in ▁the ▁ag ency ' s ▁utility ▁b ills . ▁The ▁contract or ▁guarante es ▁the ▁energy ▁improvements ▁will ▁generate ▁sav ings , ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁contract ▁ends , ▁all ▁continu ing ▁cost ▁sav ings ▁acc r ue ▁to ▁the ▁federal ▁ag ency . ▁ ▁Energy ▁In nov ation ▁Hub s ▁ ▁Energy ▁In nov ation ▁Hub s ▁are ▁multi - dis cipl inary ▁meant ▁to ▁advance ▁highly ▁prom ising ▁areas ▁of ▁energy ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁from ▁their ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁research ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁that ▁the ▁risk ▁level ▁will ▁be ▁low ▁enough ▁for ▁industry ▁to ▁commercial ize ▁the ▁techn ologies . ▁The ▁Cons ort ium ▁for ▁Advanced ▁Sim ulation ▁of ▁Light ▁Water ▁React ors ▁( C AS L ) ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁DO E ▁Energy ▁In nov ation ▁Hub ▁established ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁providing ▁advanced ▁model ing ▁and ▁simulation ▁( M & S ) ▁solutions ▁for ▁commercial ▁nuclear ▁react ors . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁DO E ▁budget ▁includes ▁$ 2 8 0 ▁million ▁to ▁fund ▁eight ▁Energy ▁In nov ation ▁Hub s , ▁each ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁focused ▁on ▁a ▁particular ▁energy ▁challenge . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁hub s ▁are ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁E ERE ▁budget