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

Through Recovery Act, WIP Aims to Help Nation Today and into the Future  

With funding of $11.6 billion from the Recovery Act, the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program will significantly expand the existing Weatherization and State Energy Programs and provide funding to two new programs: the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant and the ENERGY STAR Appliance Rebate Programs. More