{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-join-electric-cooperatives-south-carolina-staff-and-members-celebrate-new", "Clyburn to Join Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina Staff and Members to Celebrate New Funding for the Rural Energy Savings Program", "2017-08-29", "2017", "2017-08", "Democrat", "House", "SC", "James Clyburn", "C000537", "clyburn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "COLUMBIA, August 29, 2017 \u2013 Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn will join leaders of the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina to celebrate the recent announcement of $13 million in federal funds from the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) to weatherize more than a thousand homes in rural South Carolina.\nWho: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina,\n\u00a0 Santee Electric Cooperative\nWhat: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Press conference and tour of one of the homes included in ECSC\u2019s \u201cHelp My House\u201d pilot weatherization program.\nWhere: \u00a0\u00a0 873 Sumter Highway, Kingstree, SC\nWhen: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 \u2013 2:00pm\nContact: \u00a0 Lou Green, 803-739-3042, lou.green@ecsc.org\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lindsey Smith, 803-331-5934, lindsey.smith@ecsc.org\nAbout the Rural Energy Savings Program:\nFirst introduced in Congress by Rep. James E. Clyburn in 2010, the Rural Energy Savings Program is a national initiative that provides loans to electric cooperatives and other utilities which they use to then lend to consumers for energy efficiency improvements to their homes.\u00a0 Consumers repay the loan through the savings on their electric bill.\nThe bill passed the House of Representatives in 2010, but never passed the Senate.\u00a0 The next Congress, in 2012, RESP passed the Senate as part which never passed the House.\u00a0 Finally in 2014, RESP passed both chambers and was signed into law.\u00a0 The program received its initial funding in 2016, and in May announced its first round of loans, which included $13 million to electric cooperatives in South Carolina.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://clyburn.house.gov/press-release/clyburn-join-electric-cooperatives-south-carolina-staff-and-members-celebrate-new"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.291806111112237, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}