Specific award information and additional background information is provided below, which will be kept as current as possible. However, for the most up-to-date grant information, we recommend you check Grants.gov and DOE’s recovery web site. The Database of State Incentives for Energy and Renewables provides additional information about all federal incentives for renewables and energy and is updated to reflect changes in ARRA. For additional information about the recovery efforts, please visit the Massachusetts recovery site or the Federal recovery site.
Formula Grants
State Energy Program:
$55 million for state energy office for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects:
- Initial Application Response due date for States: March 23, 2009
- Complete Application Response due date for States: May 12, 2009
For more information:
DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
State Energy Program Funding Opportunity Announcement
Massachusetts Governor’s Assurance
Description of Planned Activities
Solar PV Request for Information
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program:
About $17 million for state energy office to reduce fossil fuel emissions and total energy use, $14 million of which should be issued through sub-grants to municipalities with less than 35,000 people or counties with less than 200,000 people that are not one of the 10 most populous counties. Also, direct formula grants available for counties with more than 35,000 people and counties with more than 200,000 people.
- Application due date June 25, 2009
For more information:
DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
EECBG Funding Opportunity Announcement
EECBG Program Allocations
Project Activity Sheet
Financial Management Assessment
Environmental Questionnaire
Reporting Requirements
Strategy Format – Local Governments and Tribes
Strategy Format – States
Energy Efficiency Appliance Rebate Program: About $6 million to create a rebate program for energy efficient appliances:
For more information:
DOE State Energy Alternatives – Rebates
Competitive grant programs
Alternative Fueled Vehicles Pilot Grant Program
$300 million in grants to state and local governments and/or metropolitan transportation authorities in collaboration with an existing Clean Cities coalition to be used to purchase and demonstrate alternatively fueled vehicles that utilize fuel cell, electric, or hybrid drive system technologies.
- Round 1 Application due date: May 29, 2009
- Round 2 Application due date: Sept. 30, 2009
For more information:
DOE Clean Cities Program
Alternative Fueled Vehicles Pilot Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement (Link)
Commercial Vehicles Program Opportunity Notice released by DOER (link)
Commercial Vehicles Application (Link) - Application due May 18 at 4 PM
Municipal Vehicles Program Opportunity Notice release by DOER
Municipal Vehicles Application - Application due May 18 at 4 PM
Transportation Electrification
$400 million for electric drive vehicle demonstration and evaluation and transportation sector electrification system, including truck stop and shoreside electrification at transportation facilities
- Application due date May 13, 2009
For more information:
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Transportation Electrification Funding Opportunity Announcement
Advanced Battery Manufacturing
$2 billion in grants for the construction of facilities for the manufacture of advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems developed and produced in the United States
- Application due date May 19
For more information: DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Funding Opportunity Announcement
Request for Quotation (part of application)
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
In addition to $2.8 billion in formula grants, $400 million in competitive grants to state, local, and tribal governments to fund public facility renovation projects that would install more energy efficient building technologies and materials and to fund energy efficient technology demonstration projects
For more information:
DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and Development
$2.5 billion for research, development, demonstration and deployment activities through the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, with specific appropriations of at least $800 million for biomass, at least $400 million for geothermal, and $50 million for energy efficiency of information and communications technology
For more information:
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Smart Grid Investment Program
$4.5 billion for matching grants to states and for grants to public and private utilities and other parties of up to 50% of the cost for demonstration projects funded through DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability to implement "smart grid" technologies, which would sense, collect, and monitor data from the grid to help improve the reliability, quality, and performance of the electricity grid. $100 million of this amount is allocated to worker training.
For more information:
DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Notice of Intent to Issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program.
DRAFT Funding Opportunity Announcement for Smart Grid Demonstrations.
Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
$6 billion through existing DOE “Innovative Technology Loan Program” for renewable electricity generation, advanced biofuels, and transmission. Expected to fund over $60 billion in loans.
For more information:
DOE Loan Guarantee Program
Fossil Energy Research and Development
$3.4 billion of which $1 billion is for research and development in coal, oil and natural gas; $1.5 billion in competitive grants for industrial energy efficiency improvements and carbon capture; $800 million for the Clean Coal Power Initiative; and $70 million for research and site assessment for geologic carbon sequestration.
For more information:
DOE Office of Fossil Energy
Fundamental Research in Sciences
$1.6 billion through the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, with $1.2 billion allocated for construction, laboratory infrastructure, and research at the DOE national labs.
For more information:
DOE Office of Science
Advanced Research Projects Agency: Energy (ARPA – E)
$400 Million to pursue “transformational” advances in energy technologies that enhance U.S. economic and energy security through the newly created ARPA-E.
For more information:
DOE
ARPA-E Funding Announcement
Bonds and Tax Credits
Renewable Energy Tax Credits
Production tax credit for renewable energy facilities and investment tax credit of 30% in place of the production tax credit. For 2009 and 2010, companies may also receive a grant for 30% of the project cost in place of tax credits administered by DOE.
For more information:
U.S. Department of Treasury Recovery Act
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs)
$1.6 billion in additional 0% bonds available to states, localities, and public power providers. Bonds are allocated by the IRS up to the cap.
For more information:
U.S. Department of the Treasury Recovery Act
Energy Conservation Bonds
$2.4 billion in additional 0% bonds bringing the total of Energy Conservation Bonds to $3.2 billion. Bonds are reserved for states and localities based on population. Unused portions are reallocated.
For more information:
U.S. Department of the Treasury Recovery Act
Advanced Manufacturing Facility Investment Tax Credit
$2.3 billion in tax credits to re-equip, expand, or establish facilities that manufacture “advanced energy property.” Tax credits are allocated by the IRS up to the cap.
For more information:
U.S. Department of the Treasury Recovery Act
Energy Efficiency Tax Credits
10% investment tax credit for home energy improvements up to certain caps for equipment with an overall cap of $1,500; repeal of investment tax credits for residential wind, geothermal, and solar thermal equipment; increased benefit of $230 per month can be excluded from income for employer-provided transit, vanpool, and bicycle commuting.
For more information:
U.S. Department of the Treasury Recovery Act
Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Tax Credits
Tax credit for installation of retail and residential alternative fuel refueling systems and tax credit for purchase of new plug-in vehicles with phase-out when total U.S. sales of plug-in vehicles reach 250,000.
For more information:
U.S. Department of the Treasury Recovery Act
Background Materials
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Energy Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5), Congressional Research Service
Federal Incentives for Renewables and Energy
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