NEWS: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grant Application

Michigan Saves coordinated with the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, the cities of Detroit and Grand Rapids, the Southeast Michigan Regional Energy Office, and other partners to submit a proposal to the DOE for a $70 million grant to conduct energy efficiency retrofits in commercial corridors in Detroit and 39 neighborhoods in Grand Rapids, southeast Michigan, and other communities around the state over a three-year period beginning in mid-2010. The program targets 19,500 homes in three regions of the state, in addition to 1,200 commercial and institutional buildings. The application was submitted in December 2009 and the DOE is expected to issue grant awards in March 2010.