1.5M in renewable energy grants awarded in Idaho

The Office of Energy Resources (OER) has announced the award of grants to counties and cities today for development of Renewable Energy Enterprise Zones (REEZ). Although $1.5 million was earmarked from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the competitive grant program, OER received more than $5.5 million in requests. A total of 26 grant requests were received and 12 awards were offered. While OER was unable to fund all of the requests, the agency will continue seeking additional funding opportunities for those that did not receive an award or were only partially funded.

The grant program was designed to spur economic growth and job creation by encouraging renewable energy development collaboration between local authorities and energy developers.

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