Item 321/2024
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: Matt West
Dept:
City Manager Dept: City Manager
Date: 8/13/2024
Subject: Appropriation of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funds. (Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
To obtain City Council approval to use moneys provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) formula grant funding allocations for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, and to appropriate these funds for the FY2024-25 budget.
BACKGROUND
The EECBG Program is authorized under Title V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) and was signed into Public Law (PL 110 -140) on December 19, 2007. The EECBG Program is funded by appropriations from the Infrastructure Inv estment and Jobs Act (IIJA) under Section 40552(b). The purpose of the EECBG Program is to assist eligible state, local, and tribal governments in implementing activities that seek to attain increased energy efficiency, conservation, or fossil fuel reduction for their communities. Along these lines, the EECBG Program identifies 14 eligible activity categories that meet the requirements for allowable use of funds. Eligible activity categories include energy efficiency strategy development and implementation, residential and commercial building energy audits, energy efficiency retrofit grants for government agencies and non -profit organizations, and energy conservation programs related to transportation, to name a few.
DISCUSSION
The City of Garden Grove’s allocation from the DOE’s formula grant funds is $199,300. Funds will be implemented through an equipment rebate voucher for the purchase of HVAC retrofits for the Purcell Building located at 12966 Euclid Street.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The grant funding of $199,300 will be used for the purchase of HVAC retrofits for the Purcell Building located at 12966 Euclid Street . Additional costs necessary for the Purcell Building renovation are included in the amended Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget.
Item 321/2024
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Approve additional appropriation of $199,300 for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds to the City’s Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget.
ATTACHMENTS
1. EECBG Final Allocation of Funds
2. Equipment Rebate Terms and Conditions