(a) The cognizant Regional Office Director shall provide financial assistance to each State having an approved annual application from funds available for any fiscal year to develop, modify, or implement a plan.

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(b) DOE shall allocate financial assistance to develop, implement or modify plans among the States from funds available for any fiscal year, as follows:

(1) If the available funds equal $25.5 million, such funds shall be allocated to the States according to Table 1 of this section.

(2) The base allocation for each State is listed in Table 1.

Table 1—Base Allocation by State

State/Territory
Alabama$381,000
Alaska180,000
Arizona344,000
Arkansas307,000
California1,602,000
Colorado399,000
Connecticut397,000
Delaware164,000
District of Columbia158,000
Florida831,000
Georgia534,000
Hawaii170,000
Idaho190,000
Illinois1,150,000
Indiana631,000
Iowa373,000
Kansas327,000
Kentucky411,000
Louisiana446,000
Maine231,000
Maryland486,000
Massachusetts617,000
Michigan973,000
Minnesota584,000
Mississippi279,000
Missouri518,000
Montana182,000
Nebraska246,000
Nevada196,000
New Hampshire216,000
New Jersey783,000
New Mexico219,000
New York1,633,000
North Carolina564,000
North Dakota172,000
Ohio1,073,000
Oklahoma352,000
Oregon325,000
Pennsylvania1,090,000
Rhode Island199,000
South Carolina340,000
South Dakota168,000
Tennessee476,000
Texas1,322,000
Utah242,000
Vermont172,000
Virginia571,000
Washington438,000
West Virginia286,000
Wisconsin604,000
Wyoming155,000
American Samoa115,000
Guam120,000
Northern Marianas114,000
Puerto Rico322,000
U.S. Virgin Islands122,000
Total25,500,000

(3) If the available funds for any fiscal year are less than $25.5 million, then the base allocation for each State shall be reduced proportionally.

(4) If the available funds exceed $25.5 million, $25.5 million shall be allocated as specified in Table 1 and any in excess of $25.5 million shall be allocated as follows:

(i) One-third of the available funds is divided among the States equally;

(ii) One-third of the available funds is divided on the basis of the population of the participating States as contained in the most recent reliable census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, for all participating States at the time DOE needs to compute State formula shares; and

(iii) One-third of the available funds is divided on the basis of the energy consumption of the participating States as contained in the most recent State Energy Data Report available from DOE’s Energy Information Administration.

(c) The budget period covered by the financial assistance provided to a State according to § 420.11(b) shall be consistent with 10 CFR part 600.