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                    NEWS FROM STATE SENATOR

                          BILL LEONARD

              CHAIRMAN, STATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
            REPRESENTING THE 31st SENATE DISTRICT


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NEWS RELEASE                                 MARCH 7, 1995
CONTACT: JANICE MOLNAR                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
         (909) 946-4889 or
         PHIL PERRY
         (916) 445-8490


            STATE GRANT PROVIDES CAJON H.S. WITH
               ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS



SACRAMENTO -- State Senator Bill Leonard (R-San Bernardino)
and State Assemblyman James Brulte (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
announced that the San Bernardino Unified School District will
install energy efficient lighting and other energy improvements
at its Cajon High School campus, thanks to the California
Energy Commission's recommendation of a $165,00 matching grant
from a federal conservation program.

  "District administrators should be commended for reducing
costs by pursuing energy efficiency.  This grant allows our
schools to cut costs while improving quality.  This common
sense approach is very important in an era of tight educational
budgets," said Senator Leonard.

  The grant, which need not be repaid, enables the district
to reduce utility bills at the high school campus by more than
$56,000 per year.  Cajon High School, which has an enrollment
of more than 2,500 students, was built in 1967.

  "We've done some energy upgrading on the Cajon campus in the
past, with outstanding results.  This grant will enable us to
expand some of the successful projects we've begin, such as
instal;ling motion sensors to turn off lights in areas that
are unoccupied," said Randy Murphy, Technical Resources Manager
for the San Bernardino Unified School District.

  Throughout the campus, inefficient incandescent lights will
be replaced with energy-saving fluorescents, and existing
fluorescent bulbs and fixtures will be updated. A state-of-the-
art Energy Management System will be installed, and a premium 
pump monitor will be installed in the school's swimming pool.
The total cost of the projects will be $369,090.

  "San Bernardino Unified is receiving the maximum grant that
the Energy Commission is awarding this year.  From the energy
savings along, the district should recover the roughly $200,000
it has matched for the project in a little under four years.
After that, taxpayers can continue to reap substantial energy
savings, year after year," said Assemblyman Brulte.

  The grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through
its Institutional Conservation Program.  The California Energy
Commission administers the funds to schools and hospitals
willing to invest matching funds for energy efficiency.


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