By the Numbers: Department of Energy doles out money to states for weatherization, energy efficiency[SIZE=-1]
$780 million
Amount of money the U.S. Department of Energy released last week to state governments as funding for weatherization and energy-efficiency efforts, part of the $8 billion that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will spend on energy efficiency. The Obama administration will spend $5 billion of the money the Weatherization Assistance Program and $3billion for the State Energy Program and says the money will "put 87,000 Americans towork and save families hundreds of dollars per year on their energybills."
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