ADDED ON JUNE 29, 2023: The Department of Energy has issued a funding opportunity to expand the number of low-income and disadvantaged communities primed for distributed solar investment—enabling millions of low-income households to access affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy. $7 BILLION is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $400,000,000 and minimum awards of $25,000,000. Proposals are due on September 26, 2023. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON JUNE 28, 2023: The Department of Energy has issued a funding opportunity to perform deep energy retrofits of low-income residential buildings and empower local community representation within the energy workforce. $25,000,000 is being made available under this opportunity with maximum awards of $2,000,000 and minimum awards of $500,000. Proposals are due on January 5, 2024. To download the official synopsis, click here. To download the entire funding opportunity, click here.
ADDED ON MAY 24, 2023: The Department of Energy has issued a funding forecast to support weatherization and renewable energy deployment in low-income communities and to support hiring individuals from those communities to perform that work. $25 million is being made available under this opportunity with no maximum or minimum award described. Proposals are due on August 18, 2023. To download the synopsis of this funding opportunity, click here. To download this funding opportunity, click here.