The ARRA funding will be allocated as follows:
- $15 million to the Virginia Energy Efficiency Rebate Program which will provide rebates to consumers who purchase energy efficient products and equipment.
- $15 million to the new Renewable Energy Rebate Program which will provide rebates to Virginians who install renewable energy generation systems such as solar or wind systems.
- $10 million for biomass and waste-to-energy projects, available to localities and individual projects.
- Development and implementation of an energy efficiency strategy.
- Energy audits and retrofits of homes and commercial buildings.
- Energy efficiency retrofits of nonprofit organizations and governmental buildings.
- Transportation measures to conserve energy.
- Financial incentive programs for energy efficiency improvements.
- Application of energy distribution technologies such as district heating and cooling systems.
- Installation of light emitting diodes (LED) in traffic signals and for indirect lighting of the outside of buildings.
- Use in any government building of onsite renewable energy such as solar thermal, solar electric, wind energy, or geothermal.