Assistance program
State Energy Program
$9.4 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Energy, Department of, Energy, Department of
- Assistance
- Formula Grants;Dissemination of Technical Information
- CFDA number
- 81.041
- What it does
- The purpose of this program is to increase market transformation of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies through policies, strategies, and public-private partnerships that facilitate their adoption and implementation. It also facilitates state-based activities, such as: financing mechanisms for institutional retrofit programs; loan program and management; energy savings performance contracting; comprehensive residential programs for homeowners; transportation programs that accelerate use of alternative fuels; and renewable programs that remove barriers and support supply side and distributed renewable energy. The program provides financial and technical assistance to State governments to create and implement a variety of energy efficiency and conservation projects in order to provide leadership to maximize the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy through communications and outreach activities, technology deployment, and accessing new partnerships and resources across the geographic panorama of the United States and its territories. The program’s objectives are: * To reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within the jurisdictions of eligible entities; * To reduce the total energy use of the eligible entities; and * To improve energy efficiency in the transportation, building, and other sectors.
- Who benefits
- The ultimate potential beneficiaries will be the people affected by the plan that each State develops. This is anticipated to be the State's population.
- Who applies
- All States plus the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Authorized by
- Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
- National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978, Public Law 95-619 and Public Law 101-440
- Balanced Budget Down Payment Act II of 1996, Public Law 104-134.
- Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Public Law 94-163, 42 U.S.C. 6321-6326
- Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, Public Law 95-91, 42 U.S.C. 7101
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 2021
- Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022
- Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT)
- Energy Policy Act of 1992
- Program site
- http://www.eere.energy.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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