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EECBGThe Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program was enacted into law in 2007 during the administration of President George W. Bush. Despite its creation, the EECBG Program was never funded. The EECBG Program was intended to be a multi-year funding program that would provide $10 billion over five years to local governments, states, and Indian tribes to implement strategies that would reduce fossil fuel emissions and total energy use. In 2009, in an effort to stimulate the economy, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law on February 17 by President Barack Obama. ARRA provided a $3.2 billion cash infusion to the EECBG program and use energy efficiency efforts to create jobs. Funds were distributed as both entitlement and competitive grants. As an entitlement community, the City of Farmington Hills received $791,300 from the Department of Energy. To implement the grant, the City of Farmington Hills not only invested in public information efforts, energy efficiency and renewable energy at its facilities, but also in financial incentives to the community.
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