[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR455.31]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 455--GRANT PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND BUILDINGS OWNED BY UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC CARE INSTITUTIONS--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C--Allocation of Appropriations Among the States
 
Sec. 455.31  Allocation formulas.

    (a) Financial assistance for conducting technical assistance 
programs for units of local government and public care institutions 
shall be allocated among the States by multiplying the sum available by 
the allocation factor set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (b) Financial assistance for conducting technical assistance 
programs and acquiring and installing energy conservation measures, 
including renewable resource measures, for schools and hospitals, shall 
be allocated among the States by multiplying the sum available by the 
allocation factor set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) The allocation factor (K) shall be determined by the formula:
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where, as determined by DOE:
    (1) Sfc is the projected average retail cost per million Btu's of 
energy consumed within the region in which the State is located as 
contained in current regional energy cost projections obtained from DOE.
    (2) Nfc is the summation of the Sfc numerators for all States;
    (3) N is the total number of eligible States;
    (4) SP is the population of the State;
    (5) SC is the sum of the State's heating and cooling degree days; 
and
    (6) NPC is the summation of the (SP)(SC) numerators for all States.
    (d) Except for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, no allocation available to any State may be less than 
0.5 percent of all amounts allocated in any grant program cycle. No 
State will be allocated more than 10 percent of the funds allocated in 
any grant program cycle.