Stimulus energy

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But executives at TECO TE), parent to and Peoples Gas, are hopeful they’ll find opportunities to help the companh andits customers. TECO is lookingv to see if commercial property owners will qualify for stimulus dollarsx if they make buildings moreenergyg efficient. Florida also is trying to determines what opportunities related to the stimulus are said spokeswomanSuzanne Grant. “Potential areas for such investmenr include our SmartGrid initiative, advanced transportationb and renewable energy projects, as well as infrastructurs upgrades,” Grant said in an e-mail.
’as and Progress Energy were selected by to buildx an electric grid that relies on alternative energy sources. The three-year, $15 million project will create one ofthe nation’s largest and most comprehensive “smart grids,” servintg at least 5,000 customers on the west side of St. Petersburgy and St. Pete Beach, USF said in a Marchb 9 release. It will incorporate alternative energy sources such as solae power and biodiesel fuel into the electricalp power supply forthe neighborhoods. USF’s proposap was chosen from a field of140 applicants, the released said. The project is funded in collaboration betweenthe Governor’s Energy Office, Progress Energy, and .
Once the smart grid will be the first in Florida and the largesy in the Southeast delivering power to homesand businesses, the releaswe said. Development of the system is slatefd to beginin April. Whatever dollarws Progress Energy pursues, the process isn’t likely to be quick since state regulators must approve investments made by Grant said. With the recent addition of about $1 million in funding for dislocated workers, share of the state’s stimulus money totales nearly $6 million. Most of it is intended for job training some of which already areunder way.
A special weldingv training program resulted in jobs for two WorkNet clientsa at a solar farm saidEd Peachey, president and CEO. Some eligibilituy criteria are in place for federalk stimulus jobtraining programs, such as a person has to have been laid off or received notice of a layofff due to economic WorkNet programs prepare people for jobs and assist in couplingb employers with job candidates, but the creation of jobs is not the agency’s mission. In fact, some program funding for WorkNet specificallhy states it cannot be used for economifdevelopment purposes, Peachey said. “It’s difficultt to create jobs,” he said.
“We’res sort of at the merc of thejob creators. Thers needs to be a job at the end of the The situation seems bleaker as layoffs star in businesses once considere d stablejob providers, such as education and government, Peachey