The commission shall administer the funds allocated to and received by the state pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. § 17001 et seq.) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program established pursuant to Section 542 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. § 17152), and may use the federal funds to award contracts, grants, and loans as expeditiously as possible consistent with those acts.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 11, Sec. 17. Effective July 28, 2009.)