Annual Report 3 - New Mexico - Energy, Minerals and Natural ...

AMERICAN RECOVERY
AND REINVESTMENT ACT
(ARRA): ECMD is managing $43.7 million of
ARRA funds for clean energy projects across four
grants involving more than 70 contractors. These
stimulus-funded projects are generating a total of
$1 million or more in gross receipts tax revenue for
state government during the current implementation
phase. The same projects, when completed, will
avoid utility bill costs of state, local, and tribal
governments of at least $2 million every year. Several
“shovel ready” projects now completed are already
saving energy and utility costs throughout New
Mexico.
ECMD is designated as the State Energy Office
for the State of New Mexico and is eligible to apply
for and receive federal funding. A major initiative
for ECMD is managing the ARRA programs
administered by DOE. ECMD is concentrating
on meeting the ARRA timelines and funding
requirements for the deployment of federal funds
to communities, school districts, universities, tribal governments, and
state agencies on a statewide basis, specifically for the State Energy
Program (SEP, $31.8 million), Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Block Grant (EECBG, $9.6 million), Appliance Rebate ($1.9 million),
and Energy Assurance and Smart Grid Resiliency Plan ($382,070).
New Mexico’s receipt of $31.8 million of that funding for the State
Energy Program grant was contingent upon certifying that the state
would adopt the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code and
decouple utilities’ energy efficiency program revenue from energy retail
sales revenue (see Efficient Use of Energy Act on page 37).
ARRA State Energy Program: SEP is a longstanding DOE program
managed by ECMD that received $31.8 million in ARRA funding.
Eligible entities received awards for projects that will achieve the
following goals: increase energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and
consumption for consumers, businesses and government; reduce
reliance on imported energy; improve the reliability of electricity and
fuel supply and the delivery of energy services; and reduce the impact
of energy production and usage on the environment. DOE’s energy
savings goal for ARRA SEP is 10 million BTU for every $1,000
invested. Table 1 (next page) summarizes the ARRA SEP projects.
Photo by: Ken Hughes
ANNUAL REPORT 2010
Photo by: Jeremy Lewis
Some of the 533
solar photovoltaic
modules installed
atop the Wendell
Chino building in
Santa Fe. Panels
were installed for
less than $4 per watt
and are expected to
generate 234,000
kWh of electricity
annually.
ARRA Funds at Work
- Installing energy
efficient LED parking
lot lights at the State
Fair
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