Financial Opportunities

On this page, you can read about how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program (WIP) provides financial support and technical assistance to states, local governments, and municipal utilities through the projects it manages.

Weatherization Assistance Program Funding Opportunity Announcement  

Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program, April 21, 2010 
The Weatherization Assistance Program is funding the new Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program to accelerate innovations in whole-house weatherization. This competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is open to collaborative partnerships that can include the private sector, colleges or universities, utility companies, non-profit organizations, or existing weatherization providers.

The program is looking to fund new projects that will deliver measureable improvements in the cost, scope, and energy savings of low-income weatherization programs across the country.  Applications for the FOA are due by June 2, 2010.

State Energy Program Funding Opportunity Announcement

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit the annual grant applications under the State Energy Program (SEP) for Program Year (PY) 2012. This announcement also establishes grant guidance and management information for the State Energy Program as outlined in the State Energy Program Notice 12-02, Program Year 2012 State Energy Program Formula Grant Guidance, included as Attachment 1 to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. View the PY-2012 SEP Formula FOA on FedConnect.

SEP also seeks applications to advance policies, programs, and market strategies that accelerate job creation and reduce energy bills while achieving energy and climate security for the nation. This competitive FOA allows states to compete for funding designed to meet EERE nationally focused initiatives for the fundamental and permanent transformation of markets across all sectors of the economy. Specifically, this FOA focuses on three areas of interest:

1. Advancing Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities that will assist states to develop holistic, whole-building, deep retrofit programs or strategies across as broad a segment of the state's public building portfolio as possible to achieve significant energy and cost savings.

2. Stimulating Energy Efficiency Action that will assist states in generating the necessary policy and program frameworks to support investment in cost-effective energy efficiency and establish or increase a statewide energy savings goal by calendar year 2015.

3. Improving or Developing A Fee-Based Self-Funded Public Facilities Energy Retrofit Program that will assist states in developing/improving and implementing a comprehensive and well-designed self-funded program which relies on a fee-for-services model that can successfully be used to retrofit public facilities statewide across many sectors, e.g. state buildings, municipal buildings, National Guard assets, school districts, water and wastewater treatment facilities, street lighting, etc.

View the PY-2012 SEP Competitive FOA on FedConnect.

Strengthening Building Retrofit Markets and Stimulating Energy Efficiency Action, April 9, 2010
Amendment to the FOA, extending the deadline for submitting proposals to June 7, 2010
Presentation on the Strengthening Building Retrofit Markets and Stimulating Energy Efficiency Action FOA, April 9, 2010
The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory is seeking applications to advance policies, programs, and market strategies that accelerate job creation and reduce energy bills while achieving energy and climate security for the nation. This competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows States to compete for funding designed to meet EERE nationally focused initiatives for the fundamental and permanent transformation of markets across all sectors of our economy. The application close date is June 7, 2010.

WIP does not provide financial assistance directly to individuals or companies. All grants for WIP-funded projects are managed by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Project Management Center.

WIP Grant Programs

Grant programs under WIP are listed below.

You can find the amount of funding awarded to your state to date under the 2009 Recovery Act for:

• Weatherization Assistance Program
• State Energy Program
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

WIP solicitations for WAP, SEP, Tribal and the Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI) are listed on the combined federal grants acquisition and management system, Grants.gov.

• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program

  DOE provides grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and overseas U.S. territories to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions from combustion of fossil fuels, and install renewable energy systems.

  Read the EECBG Funding Opportunity announcement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

  DOE announces notice of EECBG formula grant application deadline
  On May 24, 2010, DOE published notice in the Federal Register that applications under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE–FOA–0000013) for the formula grants of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will not be accepted after June 25, 2010. Eligible entities that have not submitted an application for a formula allocation under the program to date may submit an application to DOE by 11:59 p.m., ET, June 25, 2010. A list of eligible entities can be found here.

  Each eligible recipient must become familiar with FedConnect. For information on how to use FedConnect, see FedConnect: Ready, Set, Go!.

• Weatherization Assistance Program Allocation Formula to the States

  DOE provides grants to the states to manage their weatherization programs. Weatherization services are provided to low-income families through a network of more than 900 local weatherization service providers.

  Read the Weatherization Assistance Program Funding Opportunity Announcement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and a fact sheet that lists state-by-state funding allocations.

• State Energy Program Funding to the States

  DOE provides grants to the states to manage their energy efficiency programs.

  Read the State Energy Program Funding Opportunity Announcement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and a fact sheet that lists state-by-state funding allocations.

• Tribal Energy Program Funding Opportunities

  DOE provides grants to Indian Tribal Governments to install renewable energy generation on tribal lands.

EERE Financial Opportunities

The EERE Financial Opportunities site publishes financial opportunities for specific groups and a list of all open EERE solicitations:

• Consumers
• Inventors
• Solicitations for Business, Industry, and Universities

 

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