Ivey awards $2M to help facilities around state cut energy usage

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $2 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to help several of the state’s local governments, schools, and nonprofit groups cut costs by lowering their energy usage. The grants will be administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. The new funding will go toward replacing outdated heating, cooling, and lighting with more modern and efficient equipment that is less expensive to use. “It just makes good sense to conserve funds by converting to more energy efficient heating, cooling and lighting equipment,” Ivey said. “I applaud the