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Community Action Awarded $50,000 "EmPower" Grant

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Apr. 22, 2010

Gov. Martin O’Malley announced last Wednesday that Garrett County Community Action was among the recipients for round one of the “EmPower Clean Energy Communities” grant program. The initiative helps local governments and nonprofits fund energy efficiency projects specifically for low to moderate income Marylanders.
Community Action will use its $50,000 grant to help purchase energy efficient appliances for a new 36 unit housing development currently being constructed in Oakland called Liberty Mews.

The EmPower grants, overseen by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), are providing a total of over $3 million this fiscal year, broken into two rounds, to local governments and nonprofits across Maryland. The first round of these funds will be used to perform energy makeovers to save money for at an estimated 1,000 low and moderate income Maryland families.

O’Malley also announced the start of round two for additional counties who did not exhaust their available funding for projects in round one.

“These grants are an example of exactly the type of efficiency projects we had intended for Maryland communities and families when we entered into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation’s first multi-state collaborative carbon cap-and-trade program,” said O’Malley. “These grants are another step forward in our goal to make Maryland’s future cleaner, greener, and more sustainable for all our citizens.”

Approximately $2 million in grants are being awarded in round one to a wide variety of projects that are expected to jumpstart energy savings and decrease monthly electricity bills. The MEA is providing a total of 24 grants to 13 Maryland counties in round one, with projects ranging from an energy efficiency retrofit of the Annapolis Boys and Girls Club building in the St. Ambrose Senior Community in Baltimore City, to supporting the efforts of the National Association of American Veterans to weatherize homes of low to moderate income veterans in Prince George’s County.

“The Maryland Energy Administration is thrilled to be able to help hundreds of Maryland families reduce their energy bills with investments in their homes that will save them money today and for years to come,” said MEA director Malcolm Woolf. “This marks yet another big step forward in meeting Governor O’Malley’s EmPower Maryland goal of 15 percent reduced energy consumption by 2015.”

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Budget, Cell Phone Ban, Sex Offenders Dominate Final Days of Legislative Session

Apr. 15, 2010

by Capital News Service Reporters

ANNAPOLIS – Budget woes, sex offenders, same-sex marriage, cell-phone use while driving, and medical marijuana were just some of the issues that dominated the General Assembly’s legislative session, which drew to a close late Monday night.

Debate over these issues will likely carry on into this fall’s elections, including the rematch between incumbent Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich. O’Malley unseated Ehrlich in 2006.

O’Malley praised what he called the “collegial and cooperative tone” of the session at a bill-signing Tuesday.

“[It’s] a tribute to the leadership in the House and the leadership in the Senate to bring people together and move our state forward in difficult times,” O’Malley said.

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Maryland bill provides foreclosure mediation for homeowners

From the Washington Post:

By Ovetta Wiggins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Beginning this summer, Maryland homeowners at risk of losing their properties will have another option to stave off foreclosure.

The Maryland General Assembly this week approved a mediation program that will give homeowners a chance to meet with lenders and an administrative law judge to discuss ways to stay in their homes.

The bill, proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), takes effect July 1, and should be fully implemented by mid-August.

“This is an opportunity for those who fall through the cracks,” said Del. Doyle L. Niemann (D-Prince George’s), a sponsor of the bill, referring to homeowners who have requested loan modifications but still find themselves facing foreclosure. “Many people say they don’t get a response from their lender. They talk to different people on the phone when they call or their paperwork gets lost.”

Under the legislation, the lender is required to send an application for a loan-modification or loss-mitigation program to the homeowner — which the homeowner can use to seek help — at least 45 days before a foreclosure action is filed in court. The bill requires the lender to pay a $300 fee for a foreclosure filing.

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Governor O’Malley “EmPOWERs Clean Energy Communities” With Over $3M for Energy Improvements throughout Maryland

From Baltimore.CityBizList.com:

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Martin O’Malley announced today the award recipients for round one of the “EmPOWER Clean Energy Communities” grant program, which helps local governments and nonprofits fund energy efficiency projects specifically for low to moderate income Marylanders. The grants, overseen by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), are providing a total of over $3 million this fiscal year, broken into two rounds, to local governments and nonprofits across our One Maryland. The first round of these funds will be used to perform energy makeovers to save money for at an estimated 1,000 low and moderate income Maryland families. Governor O’Malley also announced the start of round two for additional counties who did not exhaust their available funding for projects in round one.

“These grants are an example of exactly the type of efficiency projects we had intended for Maryland communities and families when we entered into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation’s first multi-state collaborative carbon cap-and-trade program,” said Governor O’Malley. “These grants are another step forward in our goal to make Maryland’s future cleaner, greener, and more sustainable for all our citizens.”

Approximately $2 million in grants are being awarded in round one to a wide variety of projects that will jumpstart energy savings and decrease monthly electricity bills. The MEA is providing a total of 24 grants to 13 Maryland Counties in round one, with projects ranging from an energy efficiency retrofit of the Annapolis Boys and Girls Club building in the St. Ambrose Senior Community in Baltimore City, to supporting the efforts of the National Association of American Veterans to weatherize homes of low to moderate income veterans in Prince George’s County.

“The Maryland Energy Administration is thrilled to be able to help hundreds of Maryland families reduce their energy bills with investments in their homes that will save them money today and for years to come,” commented MEA Director Malcolm Woolf, “This marks yet another big step forward in meeting Governor O’Malley’s EmPOWER Maryland goal of 15% reduced energy consumption by 2015.”

Round two funding in the amount of approximately $1.2 million is currently available for projects in counties that have not yet exhausted their formula-based portion of the grants. Each Maryland county and Baltimore City was provided an allocation based on the number of low-to-moderate income households residing in the respective area. A listing of all grants awarded in round one, along with a county by county guide to available funding for round two, is detailed below. Guidelines for the grant program are on the MEA webpage:
http://www.energy.state.md.us/incentives/state-local/empowercleanenergycommunities.asp

Funding for the program comes from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund, which was created from public auctions of carbon credits through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

“Garrett County Community Action Committee Garrett County $50,000
The Garrett County Community Action Committee will use the $50,000 grant to help purchase energy efficient appliances for a new thirty-six (36) unit low income housing development currently being constructed. ” (Jay’s note: Liberty Mews)

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O'Malley Proposes Spending Cuts, Bond Sales to Close Budget Gap

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O’Malley Proposes Spending Cuts, Bond Sales to Close Budget Gap

Jan. 21, 2010

by Brady Holt

Capital News Service

ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday that the state should continue furloughs, lay off several dozen employees, raise college tuition, and transfer nearly a billion dollars from sources that include its capital fund in order to close a projected $2 billion budget shortfall.

O’Malley described his proposed fiscal year 2011 budget, which also includes a variety of other spending cuts, as a continuation of the “fiscal responsibility” he said has defined his administration.

“If you’re not fiscally re-sponsible, everything comes collapsing down like a house of cards,” O’Malley said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference.

The state government has shrunk under his administration, O’Malley said, with $5.6 billion in total spending reductions over his term and the elimination of 3,500 positions – 202 this year alone – “in a state that’s already pretty lean.”

O’Malley proposes slashing $375 million from funding for state agencies and $330 million from assistance to local governments.

(more from Republican News)

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Community Action Awarded $50,000 "EmPower" Grant

Budget, Cell Phone Ban, Sex Offenders Dominate Final Days of Legislative Session

Maryland bill provides foreclosure mediation for homeowners

Governor O’Malley “EmPOWERs Clean Energy Communities” With Over $3M for Energy Improvements throughout Maryland

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O'Malley Proposes Spending Cuts, Bond Sales to Close Budget Gap

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