Energy Revolving Fund

(Low-interest Loans to Schools and Governments
for Energy Efficiency Improvements)

The Energy Center, through the Energy Revolving Fund, provides low interest loans to public schools, universities, colleges, cities, counties, public hospitals and water treatment plants to help reduce energy costs. This loan financing may be used for various energy-saving investments, including projects such as upgrading insulation, lighting systems, heating and cooling systems, windows and other items that affect energy use.

Loan recipients benefit from increased occupant comfort in their buildings and reduced energy costs. This loan financing also frees up tax dollars that school districts, higher education facilities and local governments can use for essential services or other capital improvements.

Loan recipients repay the loan with money saved on energy costs as a result of implementing
the energy-efficiency projects. These loans are not defined as debt. Thus, this loan financing
does not count against debt limits or require a public vote or bond issuance.

December 2008 Energy Loans Awarded

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources's Energy Center approved more than $2.4 million in
low-interest loans for the FY2009 round of the Energy Loan Program. Throughout Missouri, six school districts, a community college and three county and city governments will use the loans to make energy-efficiency improvements to save nearly $230,000 annually on their energy costs.

Since 1989, the Energy Center has loaned nearly $82 million throughout Missouri. The cumulative energy savings resulting from 482 loan-financed energy projects are estimated at more than $117 million. Eligible loan applicants are schools, local governments, colleges and universities.

The following school districts, counties and communities were approved for loans in Dec. 2008:

County
Loan Recipient
Loan Amount
Annual Energy Savings
Project(s)

Adair

Adair County

 $8,500.00

 $775.00

Lighting

Cole

Jefferson City Public Schools

 $670,000.00

 $61,638.00

Energy recovery ventilators

Cooper

Otterville R-VI Schools

 $15,000.00

 $1,388.00

Lighting

Jackson

Sugar Creek

 $168,500.00

 $15,453.00

Lighting, heating, temp controls, windows, cooling

Jasper

Carl Junction

 $132,000.00

 $12,042.00

Temp controls, Lighting, motion sensors, roof  & wall insulation, windows, ground source heat pump

Jefferson

DeSoto School District

 $136,000.00

 $12,505.00

Lighting, temp controls

Johnson

Holden R-III Schools

 $123,000.00

 $11,282.00

Lighting

Lincoln

Silex R-I Schools

 $215,000.00

 $19,664.00

Lighting, roof top units

Newton

Diamond R-IV Schools

 $171,500.00

 $15,680.00

Windows, lighting, roof insulation

St. Louis City

St. Louis Comm. College

 $830,000.00

 $76,491.00

New boiler
TOTALS
 
$2,469,500
 $226,918
  

Energy Revolving Fund Forms

Eligible applicants may request an application packet or receive additional information by contacting Energy Center staff at one of the following numbers.

Additional Information

For more information regarding the Energy Revolving Fund PDF, contact the Energy Center at one of the following locations and ask to speak to an energy loan manager:

We have historical information about the Energy Revolving Fund online for your convenience.

The Energy Center can also be contacted through the department's e-mail.