By Community Foundation Silicon Valley has awarded $80,000 in energy grants this summer. One of the more recent grants went to the Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council to purchase new commercial-grade refrigerators for their senior center program. Sean O'Leary, the council's executive director, said many of the senior center's members are concerned about rising energy costs and also fear being stranded during a power outage.

Energy grants - funded by donations from the National Semiconductor Foundation, Dennis and Stacey Barsema, the Skoll Community Fund and an anonymous donor - are still available for nonprofit agencies in southern San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley will provide up to $5,000 for energy efficiency, equipment enhancements and energy audits.

For information, log on to www.cfsv.org/pr_06_20_01.html.