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Transcript: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DELIVERS MORE THAN $304 MILLION FOR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS IN GEORGIA, ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK
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- June 26, 2009
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INDSTRY GROUP 99
Regulatory Intelligence Data
06-26-2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today
announced that the Department of Energy is providing more than $304 million
in Recovery Act funding to expand weatherization assistance programs in
Georgia, Illinois and New York. These funds, along with additional funds
to be disbursed after the states meet certain Recovery Act milestones,
will help these states achieve their goal of weatherizing more than 85,000
homes, lowering energy costs for low-income families that need it, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, and creating green jobs across the country. Georgia,
Illinois and New York will receive 40 percent of their ...