Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today announced that several New Mexico tribal communities will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to improve energy efficiency and public transportation.

"New Mexico communities are putting their share of recovery funds to very good use, and in the process they're creating jobs.  Some of this funding will help boost energy efficiency efforts, while other funding will be invested in key public transportation initiatives," Bingaman said.

"The Recovery Act continues to provide significant investments in New Mexico's tribal communities in critical areas like energy efficiency and improved access to public transportation," Udall said. "With this funding, these pueblos will be able to make improvements that will create jobs, save money and improve the quality of life for all their residents."

Five pueblos and the County of San Juan will receive more than $900,000 in energy efficiency grants through the Department of Energy for energy audits, building retrofits and to create financial incentive programs for energy efficiency improvements. They include:

Additionally, the Department of Transportation released ARRA funds to: