Los Angeles County will receive up to $30 million as part of the US Dept. of Energy’s Retrofit Ramp-up initiative. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, LA County is one of 25 communities that was awarded a portion of the $452 million dedicated to the retrofit pilot program.
Although it is the only community in California slated to receive this funding, LA County will partner with utilities and counties throughout the state, including Sacramento and the Association of Bay Area Governments. The award was made as part of the competitive portion of the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.
Energy efficiency retrofits on residential and commercial buildings, which consume 40% of the energy and represent 40% of the carbon emissions in the U.S., potentially could cut energy bills by $40 billion a year and lower associated greenhouse gas emissions by up to 160 million tons annually.
The DOE estimates that the models created through this energy efficiency and job-creating program will save about $100 million annually in household and business utility bills.
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