	Background1

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. To assist those most impacted by the recession. To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

				DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research5

ARRA provides $2.5 billion for applied research, development, demonstration and deployment activities at DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants6

ARRA provides $3.2 billion for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBGs) program. The Weatherization Assistance Program enables low-income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. DOE State Energy Program and Decoupling Provision11

ARRA provides $3.1 billion for DOE's State Energy Program (SEP). The states design and carry out their own renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The decoupling problem involves efforts to encourage utilities to promote customer use of energy efficiency measures. The funds available for allocation to the states that meet these criteria (decoupling and building codes) are about $3.05 billion of the total of $3.1 billion, compared to the allocation of $1 million per state which, as cited by §410 of ARRA, is specified in section 365(f) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( P.L. Alternative-Fueled Vehicles20

ARRA appropriates $300 million to provide grants to states, localities, and metropolitan transit agencies for the purchase of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. Grants may also be used to install infrastructure to support those vehicles. Transportation Electrification21

ARRA provides $400 million in transportation electrification grants. Loan Guarantee Program (Office of Chief Financial Officer)

ARRA (§406) provides $6.0 billion for a "temporary program for rapid deployment of renewable energy and electric power transmission." Office of Fossil Energy Research and Development36

ARRA provides $3.4 billion for DOE's Fossil Energy R&D program. 1 (Title V) recommended $2.4 billion, and the Senate version (Title IV) recommended $4.6 billion. Title V – General Services Administration (GSA)

			High-Performance Green Buildings45

ARRA provides $5.5 billion for the Federal Buildings Fund, of which at least $4.5 billion is to be used to convert GSA facilities to high-performance green buildings as defined in EISA. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)49

				State and Tribal Assistance Grants

Energy efficiency measures are one allowed type of use for $1.2 billion in ARRA funding for EPA state revolving loan funds. Title X – Department of Veterans Affairs

For medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, ARRA includes $1 billion for "non-recurring maintenance, including energy projects," which is to remain available for obligation through the end of FY2010. Title XII – Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD)51

			DOT Federal Transit Administration

Under the Federal Transit Administration, ARRA provides $100 million as discretionary grants to public transit agencies for capital improvements that will assist in "reducing energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions" of their public transit systems. Title XIV – Department of Education (DOED)

For DOED, ARRA provides $53.6 billion for a State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. The law follows the Senate proposal. State and local governments can issue the bonds for a broad range of purposes that include capital expenditures to reduce energy use in publicly owned buildings by at least 20%; implementing green community programs; rural development involving electricity production from renewables; research facilities and grants for the development of cellulosic ethanol or other nonfossil fuels; technologies to capture and sequester carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuel use; increasing the efficiency of technologies for producing nonfossil fuels; automobile battery technologies and other technologies to reduce fossil fuel use in transportation, or technologies to reduce energy use in buildings; mass commuting facilities that reduce energy use (including pollution reduction for vehicles used for mass commuting); demonstration projects that promote commercialization of green building technology; conversion of agricultural waste for fuel production; advanced battery manufacturing technologies; technologies to reduce peak electricity demand; technologies that capture and sequester carbon dioxide emitted from fossil-fuel-fired power facilities; and public education campaigns to promote energy efficiency. Subtitle D – Manufacturing Recovery Provisions

			Advanced Energy Manufacturing Facility Investment Tax Credit

The Senate bill (Sec. ARRA allows up to $2.3 billion in credits to be allocated. DOE would administer the grant program, which would be in place only for tax years 2009 and 2010. Labor Standards for Energy Bond Programs64

The House (Sec.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) emphasizes jobs, economic recovery, and assistance to those most impacted by the recession. It also stresses investments in technology, transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure and proposes strategies to stabilize state and local government budgets.
Energy provisions are a featured part of ARRA. More than $45 billion is provided in appro-priations for energy programs, mainly for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Most funding must be obligated by the end of FY2010. ARRA also provides more than $21 billion in energy tax incentives, primarily for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
More than $11 billion is provided in grants for state and local governments through three Department of Energy programs. They are the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides energy efficiency services to low-income households; the State Energy Program, which provides states with discretionary funding that can be used for various energy efficiency and renewable energy purposes; and the new Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, which aims to help reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The law conditions eligibility for most of the State Energy Program funding on enactment of new building codes and adoption of electric utility rate "decoupling" to encourage energy efficiency. For the Department of Education, about $8.8 billion is provided for "Other Government Services," which may include renovations of schools and college facilities that meet green building criteria. The Department of Housing and Urban Development ($2 billion),and the Environmental Protection Agency ($1 billion) receive multi-purpose funds that can be used for energy efficiency measures in public housing and state and tribal facilities.
New transportation-related grant programs support state and local government and transit agency purchases of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles, multi-modal use of transportation electrification, and manufacturers' development of facilities for advanced battery production.
Nearly $5 billion is provided for "leadership by example" efforts to improve energy efficiency in federal buildings and facilities. The law puts the General Services Administration (GSA) at the forefront of this effort, with $4.5 billion for "high performance" federal facilities. For Department of Defense facilities, ARRA provides $3.7 billion for improvements that have a focus on energy efficiency. ARRA provides $100 million to the Department of Transportation for "reducing energy consumption or greenhouse gases." The Department of the Interior ($1 billion) and Department of Veterans Affairs ($1 billion) receive multi-purpose funds that can be applied to "energy efficiency" or "energy projects." Also, GSA receives $300 million for federal purchases of alternative fuel vehicles.
Nearly $8 billion is provided for energy and other R&D programs, $2.4 billion for energy technology and facility development grants, and $14 billion for electric power transmission grid infrastructure development and energy storage development (including $6 billion for loan guarantees). Also, the $21 billion in tax incentives include $14.1 billion for renewable energy, $2.3 billion for energy efficiency, $2.2 billion for transportation, $1.6 billion for manufacturing, and $1.4 billion for state and local government energy bonds. In response to the weakening value of renewable energy tax credits, caused by the economic recession, ARRA provides a cash grant alternative to both production and investment credits during 2009 and 2010.