Allocation of funds among the States.

(a) The cognizant Regional Office Director shall provide financial assistance to each State having an approved annual application from funds available for any fiscal year to develop, modify, or implement a plan. (b) DOE shall allocate financial assistance to develop, implement or modify plans among the States from funds available for any fiscal year, as follows: (1) If the available funds equal $25.5 million, such funds shall be allocated to the States according to Table 1 of this section. (2) The base allocation for each State is listed in Table 1. Table 1—Base Allocation by State State/Territory Alabama $381,000 Alaska 180,000 Arizona 344,000 Arkansas 307,000 California 1,602,000 Colorado 399,000 Connecticut 397,000 Delaware 164,000 District of Columbia 158,000 Florida 831,000 Georgia 534,000 Hawaii 170,000 Idaho 190,000 Illinois 1,150,000 Indiana 631,000 Iowa 373,000 Kansas 327,000 Kentucky 411,000 Louisiana 446,000 Maine 231,000 Maryland 486,000 Massachusetts 617,000 Michigan 973,000 Minnesota 584,000 Mississippi 279,000 Missouri 518,000 Montana 182,000 Nebraska 246,000 Nevada 196,000 New Hampshire 216,000 New Jersey 783,000 New Mexico 219,000 New York 1,633,000 North Carolina 564,000 North Dakota 172,000 Ohio 1,073,000 Oklahoma 352,000 Oregon 325,000 Pennsylvania 1,090,000 Rhode Island 199,000 South Carolina 340,000 South Dakota 168,000 Tennessee 476,000 Texas 1,322,000 Utah 242,000 Vermont 172,000 Virginia 571,000 Washington 438,000 West Virginia 286,000 Wisconsin 604,000 Wyoming 155,000 American Samoa 115,000 Guam 120,000 Northern Marianas 114,000 Puerto Rico 322,000 U.S. Virgin Islands 122,000 Total 25,500,000 (3) If the available funds for any fiscal year are less than $25.5 million, then the base allocation for each State shall be reduced proportionally. (4) If the available funds exceed $25.5 million, $25.5 million shall be allocated as specified in Table 1 and any in excess of $25.5 million shall be allocated as follows: (i) One-third of the available funds is divided among the States equally; (ii) One-third of the available funds is divided on the basis of the population of the participating States as contained in the most recent reliable census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, for all participating States at the time DOE needs to compute State formula shares; and (iii) One-third of the available funds is divided on the basis of the energy consumption of the participating States as contained in the most recent State Energy Data Report available from DOE's Energy Information Administration. (c) The budget period covered by the financial assistance provided to a State according to § 420.11(b) shall be consistent with 10 CFR part 600.