PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To allow States to submit proposals to implement specific Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy deployment activities and initiatives as Special Projects under the State Energy Program. States will compete for funding to implement activities relating to a number of programmatic areas such as building codes and standards, alternative fuels, industrial efficiency, building efficiency, and solar and renewable technologies.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. ENERGY;
- Research and Development;
- Facilities and Equipment;
- General Information Services;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);