The California Recovery Task Force announced today that $110 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds will go towards energy efficiency and solar within the state. The money travels quite a path from the federal DOE to the State Energy Program to the SEP’s Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit and Municipal Financing Programs. These funds will support 1,100 new jobs in addition to reducing business and consumer energy costs. Don’t let the cold dollar amount fool you:

For every one dollar in Recovery Act funds invested, California will have successfully leveraged $3 of state, utility or private funds – bringing in more than $300 million in public and private funding and utility rebates.

Funds are being directed to California “local jurisdictions, non-profits and private organizations”. More details of fund disbursement are available in the Governor’s press release.