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Article: GOV. KAINE ANNOUNCES $40 MILLION IN RECOVERY FUNDS FOR STATE ENERGY PLAN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- October 9, 2009
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RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 6 -- Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., issued the following press release:
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the allocation of $40 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to implement the Virginia State Energy Plan (SEP), a blueprint for funding energy-related initiatives throughout Virginia. The funding will help create jobs, encourage energy conservation, and promote alternative energy generation through rebates to residential and commercial consumers, as well as grants to localities and individual projects.
"Today's announcement is another positive step forward in improving the high quality of life that Virginia is known and continually recognized ...