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ENERGY PROJECTS TO RECEIVE RECOVERY ACT FUNDING
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10/22/2010
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
#10-67
| Contacts:
Ann Grim
503-378-4912
Diana Enright
503-378-8278
In Oregon 1-800-221-8035
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SALEM—The Oregon Department of Energy today announced that 20 energy projects will receive $6.3 million in federal funds. These projects are funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus funds).
The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) has obligated 100 percent of its $42.1 million State Energy Program (SEP) award with this eighth round of awards. ODOE announced its first seven rounds of SEP awards between September 2009 and July 2010. (www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/Recovery/Funding.shtml)
These SEP funds can be used for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in public and private buildings, transportation and industrial sectors. The U.S. Department of Energy administers the funds, approves the projects and reviews the state’s progress.
This eighth round of SEP funding was awarded to 12 lighting projects in public schools and an Educational Service District office, covering a total of 10 Oregon counties. ODOE also awarded SEP funds to Sherman County for an energy-efficiency project in the county courthouse.
Other SEP projects awarded included three small cities (Metolius, Madras and North Bend) that received earlier stimulus awards for wastewater feasibility studies. The studies showed impressive energy savings if the projects were implemented. ODOE selected all three for implementation in this SEP round of awards.
ODOE awarded $1.725 million in SEP funds to Green Lane Energy, Inc. which had submitted its application in the biomass solicitation that closed May 15, 2010.
Another project awarded SEP funds was a partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to complete the I-5 corridor electric vehicle charging station project from Eugene to Ashland. This project is part of a larger cooperative project with Washington and California. A final project selected for SEP funds was a hydro-turbine replacement project at the Owyhee Irrigation District that demonstrated excellent energy generation. The district currently has an energy loan from ODOE.
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Entity
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Facility
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County
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Award Amount
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Project Type
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Monroe School District
| Monroe Grade Sch
| Benton
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$ 48,182
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Lighting
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North Clackamas Sch. Dist.
| Various schools
| Clackamas
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$ 794,053
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Lighting
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Clatsop County Sch. Dist.
| Astoria High/others
| Clatsop
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$ 32,648
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Lighting
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Powers School District
| Powers Elem School
| Coos
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$ 3,110
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Lighting
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City of North Bend
| Wastewater facility
| Coos
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$ 217,800
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Wastewater
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Yoncalla School District
| Yoncalla Elem/High
| Douglas
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$ 160,954
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Lighting
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Douglas ESD
| ESD office building
| Douglas
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$ 50,118
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Lighting
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City of Metolius
| Wastewater facility
| Jefferson
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$ 191,001
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Wastewater
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City of Madras
| Wastewater facility
| Jefferson
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$ 94,000
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Wastewater
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Lake County School Dist.
| Daly Middle School
| Lake
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$ 107,634
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Lighting
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Green Lane Energy, LLC
| Green Lane Energy
| Lane
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$ 1,725,000
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Biomass
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Owyhee Irrigation District
| Irrig. District facility
| Malheur
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$ 1,000,000
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Turbine
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Jefferson School District
| School district office
| Marion
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$ 334,020
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Lighting
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Silver Falls School District
| Mark Twain, Bethany
| Marion
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$ 55,500
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Lighting
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St. Paul School District
| Elem/ High School
| Marion
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$ 23,360
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Lighting
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Gresham-Barlow Sch. Dist
| Hollydale, Hall Elem.
| Multnomah
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$ 318,588
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Lighting
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Sherman County
| Courthouse
| Sherman
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$ 458,000
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HVAC
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ODOT
| I-5 Eugene -Ashland
| Various
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$ 700,000
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Charge station
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S. Wasco County Sch. Dist.
| High sch gym/kitchen
| Wasco
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$ 13,525
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Lighting
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Tigard Tualatin Sch. Dist.
| Various facilities
| Washington
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$ 25,502
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Lighting
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TOTAL
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$ 6,352,995
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| Oregon Department of Energy |
| Main Office | Hermiston Field Office |
625 Marion St. NE, Salem, OR 97301-3737
| 395 E Highland Rd. |
| Phone: 503-378-4040 | Hermiston, OR 97838 |
| Toll-free in Oregon: 1-800-221-8035 | P: 541-567-3840 |
| Fax: 503-373-7806 | |
| Website: www.oregon.gov/ENERGY |
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