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Show Outreach program gets grant Utah's Energy Office has been granted $314,000 from the Department of Energy to establish an "Energy Outreach" program, Sens. Jake Gam and Orrin Hatch announced today. Energy Outreach will be administered ad-ministered by Utah's Energy Extension Ex-tension Service, which was established with federal funds as part of a 10-state pilot program. The extension ex-tension program is now being expanded ex-panded to all 50 states. The new program, Energy Outreach, is directed toward small-volume small-volume energy users. According to DOE, the Utah Program will target five specific areas to teach energy conservation. The five areas are; --an agricultural efficiency program, -a transportation efficiency program, -a building efficiency program, --a small business program, and -a toll-free energy information "Hot line." ' Projects in the education program will include energy audits, seminars and workshops. |