Author: Anna Balzer SCEC Published: 8/3/2023 U.S. Department of Energy
Solar Community Engagement CoordinatorU.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that 43 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico submitted a Notice of Intent to apply for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s $7 billion Solar for All Competition.
The Solar for All competition, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), will expand the number of low-income and disadvantaged communities primed for residential solar investment by awarding up to 60 grants to states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and eligible nonprofits to create and expand low-income solar programs that provide financing and technical assistance, such as workforce development. This competition aims to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential solar. States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico had a deadline of July 31st to submit a Notice of Intent to apply. Other deadlines for submitting a Notice of Intent include:
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August 14, 2023 for territories (specifically, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), municipalities, and eligible nonprofit recipients; or
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August 28, 2023 for Tribal governments and Intertribal Consortia.
All applications for this competitive grant competition are due by September 26, 2023.
Questions? Reach out to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund team at ggrf@epa.gov.