Warner & Kaine Announce Over $8 Million to Lower Energy Costs for Virginian Households

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced$8,235,920in federal funding to reduce energy costs for Virginian households and expand access to reliable, affordable energy across the Commonwealth. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), this funding is allocated through the Weatherization Assistance Program, which aims to reduce energy costs for low-income households by increasing energy efficiency of homes, and through the State Energy Program, which assists in the designing, developing, and implementing of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.
“Expanding access to affordable energy sources and improving energy efficiency are important steps we can take to lower energy costs for Virginians,”said the senators.“We’re glad over $8 million of federal funding is coming to Virginia to help us do that. But this funding is a drop in the bucket compared to the $156 million in federal funding to support the deployment of affordable solar energy that the Trump Administration is illegally blocking from Virginia. We will keep doing all that we can to pressure the Administration to release that funding to lower costs for Virginians.”
The $8,235,920 in federal funding is awarded as follows:
Today’s announcement followspressurefrom Warner and Kaine on the Trump Administration to release$156 millionin federal funding for energy accessibility and efficiency programs in Virginia that the Administration iscurrently illegally withholding. The withheld funds were awarded to Virginia under theInflation Reduction Act, which the senators helped pass, and was expected to provide access to more than15,400 householdsin Virginia while creating nearly 2,000 solar-related jobs across the Commonwealth.
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