News Release 155
Gov. Nixon announces $2.1 Million in Recovery Act funds awarded for Energize Missouri Communities in Kansas City area and northwest Missouri
Volume 38-155 (For Immediate Release)
Contact: Kerry Cordray
573-526-4220
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 26, 2010 -- Gov. Jay Nixon today announced the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energize Missouri Communities has offered $2,140,350 in grant awards to 15 communities and counties in the Kansas City area and northwest Missouri for energy efficiency projects.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Energize Missouri Communities offered a total of $11.3 million in grant awards to 58 communities and counties throughout Missouri. The Recovery Act provides significant funding to assist communities and counties with projects that meet specific program goals to reduce energy use, create and retain jobs and reduce fossil fuel emissions.
Early estimates show that 105 jobs will be created as a result of Energize Missouri Communities funding. Completion of the funded projects will save Missouri communities and counties more than 47.7 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year and reduce CO2 emissions by 11,657 tons, the equivalent of removing 2,022 cars from the roads.
The department issued the grant awards in four program areas: Public Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits, Green Streets, Special Community Initiatives and Water and Wastewater Treatment Efficiency.
- The Public Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits program area is designed to help units of local government reduce energy use and improve the energy efficiency of public buildings by conducting retrofits to building energy systems.
- The Green Streets program area is designed to encourage municipalities to partner with local businesses and building owners to aggregate the effects of implementing energy efficiency projects, encourage economic development, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- The Special Community Initiatives program area is designed to capture beneficial energy efficiency and conservation projects at the community level such as; implementing technologies to capture landfill gas, incorporating energy efficiency practices into construction of government buildings, or installing renewable energy technologies.
- The Water and Wastewater Treatment Efficiency program area is designed to help municipal utilities reduce energy use and operating costs by conducting energy audits and implementing energy efficiency projects.
Kansas City area and northwest Missouri communities receiving funding, the amounts and description of the project are listed below:
Albany, city of
- Green Streets grant award of $17,100 for identifying opportunities for energy savings and retrofitting three buildings run by local nonprofit organizations.
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $36,750 for conducting energy audits at the water treatment plant and replacing a lift station.
Buchanan County
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $75,512 for upgrading lighting systems at public buildings; including the county courthouse and law enforcement center.
Gladstone, city of
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $36,865 for implementing lighting and HVAC retrofits in six public facilities.
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $109,457 for installing variable frequency drives at the water treatment plant and upgrading the supervisory control and data acquisition system.
Grain Valley, city of
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $14,000 for retrofitting lights and HVAC at three public buildings.
Harrisonville, city of
- Special Community Initiatives grant award of $225,000 for constructing a 450 kWh biomethane production facility fueled by sweet sorghum and municipal biosolids from the City’s wastewater treatment plant.
Holden, city of
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $157,918 for replacing surface aerators with a submerged air diffusion system at the wastewater treatment plant.
City of Independence, city of
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $1,000,000 for changing wastewater treatment process from mechanical aeration to diffused aeration.
Maryville, city of
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $177,600 for replacing three booster pumps with centrifugal pumps and variable frequency drives at the water treatment facility.
Nodaway County
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $22,473 for updating cooling units at Jefferson C-123 School District elementary school.
Raymore, city of
- Green Streets grant award of $111,150 for replacing old street lights with LED street lights.
Raytown, city of
- Green Streets grant award of $26,375 for conducting energy audits and installing energy efficiency retrofits for local business owners.
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $30,000 for conducting energy audits and installing retrofits at the public works facility.
Slater, city of
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $23,294 for installing variable frequency drives and motors at the sewage treatment plant.
Sugar Creek, city of
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $16,462 for implementing building equipment upgrades for several city buildings.
Trenton, city of
- Water and Wastewater Efficiency grant award of $46,500 for installing of a new boiler at the Trenton Municipal Utilities Water Treatment Plant.
Warrensburg, city of
- Public Building and Energy Efficiency Retrofits grant award of $13,894 for implementing building equipment upgrades at City Hall.
The department’s Division of Energy will administer the Energize Missouri Communities grant funds. Grant recipients have until August 2012 to complete their projects.
The department is administering more than $200 million in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding to support Energize Missouri projects to create jobs and improve energy efficiencies and renewable energy for Missouri. The department is committed to working closely with communities and counties to assist with funding efforts that support energy efficiency projects as well as provide financial savings.
For more information on the federal Recovery Act, visit recovery.gov. For more information on Missouri’s transform initiatives, visit transform.mo.gov. For more information, contact Energize Missouri Communities, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or 877-610-0834. By email to william.haas@dnr.mo.gov or visit Energize Missouri Communities’ website at: dnr.mo.gov/transform/energizemissouricommunities.htm
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