DOE Launches $550 Million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Intent announcing $550 million in block grants to support community-based clean energy in state, Tribal, and local governments. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-58), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), authorized the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program to support communities across the country working to develop local programming and deploy clean energy technologies to cut emissions, reduce consumers’ energy costs, and advance net-zero energy goals. 

All 50 states, five U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, 774 Tribes, and 1,878 local governments are eligible for support in a variety of capacity-building, planning, and infrastructure efforts to reduce carbon emissions and energy use and improve energy efficiency in transportation, building, and other related sectors. For example, communities with this funding can build out electric vehicle infrastructure and deploy community solar to serve areas that otherwise do not have access to electric vehicles or clean energy. 
 
Applications for the EECBG Program will open in January 2023. To learn more about the program, including the list of eligible state, local, and tribal governments and their formula funding allocations, visit the DOE’s Notice of Intent for implementation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, available here.