Stimulus bill chock-full of green pork for Minnesota - $55 million just to promote renewable energy and efficiency efforts?!

"I think everybody is just reeling from the size of this," said Linda Taylor, the clean-energy director for Fresh Energy, a St. Paul-based advocacy group.
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Minnesota also could get $120 million more money for home weatherization for low-income families over the next 18 to 24 months, on top of the $20 million it already has received, said Janet Streff, manager for the state Energy Office.

Minnesota also should get about $47 million through a new block grant program for energy efficiency and conservation, with the lion's share going to large cities, she said.

Finally, the state program to promote renewable energy and efficiency efforts, which got $716,000 this year, could be in line for a infusion of $55 million from the stimulus package, Streff said. All the estimates are rough, she emphasized.