**UPCOMING MEA FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROGRAM**
NEW! FY25 Maryland RISE Program Notice of Intent Posted in Program Documents Section Below
Program Purpose: The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) FY25 Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Energy Program ("Maryland RISE Program", "the Program") will provide grants that will help fund improvements to Maryland's electricity and related power infrastructure. Funds will be made available to Maryland electricity infrastructure operators, fuel suppliers, and other utility industry stakeholders. MEA anticipates that this Program will be
federally-funded from
Section 40101(d) of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, "Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid." Strengthening Maryland's electric grid and related infrastructure is a vital step in meeting Governor Moore's goal of getting our State to 100% clean energy by 2035. The grid faces a growing number and severity of threats. This includes but is not limited to severe weather, tropical storms and hurricanes, extreme temperatures, winter storms, cyberattacks, physical attacks, aging components, and others. By investing in improving our energy infrastructure, we help protect the grid against these threats and build a more sustainable, more equitable, and more resilient Maryland.
Program Description: The Maryland RISE Program will be offered to Maryland electric grid operators and related eligible stakeholders on a
competitive basis. Eligible applicants are defined by Section 40101(d) of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Full eligibility requirements will be provided in the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which will be published later this summer.
Type of Program: The FY25 Maryland RISE Program will be a
competitive program with awards made to the highest-scoring proposals.
Program Budget: Approximately
$10 million - $11 million. MEA anticipates this Program will be
federally-funded. Each applicant whose proposal is selected for an award will need to meet federal requirements in addition to Maryland requirements. The final budget figure will be provided with the Program FOA when it is published later this calendar year.
The FY25 Maryland RISE Program FOA is not yet available, but will be posted later this summer. Please see the Notice of Intent (NOI) document above for details on basic program structure, budget, eligible applicants, eligible activities, and more. MEA also seeks feedback from relevant energy industry stakeholders and the public at large. Please see the NOI for instructions on how to provide feedback.
Program Contact: For more information on this upcoming MEA funding opportunity, please contact
Brandon Bowser; Section Chief, Clean Energy and Resilience. Brandon can be reached at
GridResilience.MEA@Maryland.gov.
