The State Energy Program (SEP) provides grants to states and directs funding to state energy offices from technology programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. States use grants to address their energy priorities and program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

States often combine many sources of funding for their projects, including DOE and private industry. The State Energy Program plays a role when:

• the state energy office is involved in the project,
• the State Energy Program provides funding, or
• the state uses petroleum violation escrow funds for part of the project and it is in the state's SEP plan.

Conservation Update

Your connection to energy projects in the states.

The State Energy Program publishes this bimonthly newsletter outlining projects by state energy offices, summarizing news from the states, and listing new state publications. More

A Vision for Energy Efficiency at Data Centers 

Data centers are the unseen workhorses of the global economy. Their numbers have grown rapidly along with their energy use. Now, government and the information technology industry are cooperating to develop solutions to the rapid rise in data center energy consumption. They are developing new technologies and energy benchmarks, training specialists in data center best practice design and operation, and working with the industry to spread information. More