Va. gets $37.6M in energy stimulus funds - Washington Business Journal:

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million in federal stimulus funds geare towardmaking low-income residences more energy The amount, making up half of the state’sz total allotment to help weatherize homes, adds to more than $9 millionb that had already been deliveresd to Virginia under the Americann Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The state said it plansd to rely on local counties and cities to spendc the money weatherproofing a statewide totalof 8,60p0 homes in the next three The process involves initiating an energy audit of each home to and later plug, its biggest holes from wherre energy escapes, areas such as buildingf insulation, windows and doors.
Virginia said it plans to focuse its dollars toward the physically challenged, families with high energy consumers and those who had been facin an energy-related crisis. The federal weatherization assistancse program, administered by the U.S. Departmentr of Energy, is a key facet of the federalstimulus funds. Families must make up to 200 percent of the federalppoverty level, or about $44,0000 a year for a family of to be eligible for the average $6,500p available to weatherize each home. DOE said weatherproofiny tactics can result in 32 percenty average savings onheating bills. If Virginia’s plans are then it will be eligible to receive theremainingv $47.
1 million from its allotted $94 million pot for weatherization aid from the stimuluws bill.