Program
Description: The Maryland Smart Energy Communities (MSEC)
program is designed to support local governments as they voluntarily adopt
energy policies (and commit to them for the long term) leading to sustained
reduction in energy usage, cost savings, and additional opportunities for
renewable energy development.
Program Purpose: The
MSEC program serves several purposes: it assists municipal and county
governments throughout Maryland as they participate in the State’s transition
to affordable, clean and reliable energy; it supports those governments with
grants for clean energy projects; it increases in-state renewable energy
generation (that supports the State’s renewable portfolio standard goal and its
greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal); and, it supports the State’s goal for
increasing the number of electric vehicles operating in state.
Type
of Program: The
MSEC program is a competitive grant program.
Program
Application Deadline: 5 p.m. EST on
November 12, 2021
Anticipated Program Budget: MEA anticipates that up to
$1,030,000 total will be available as follows: up to $585,000 for energy
efficiency projects, up to $347,500 for Tier 1 renewable energy projects, and
up to $97,500 for transportation petroleum-reduction projects.
For
more information, please see the Funding Opportunity Announcement below.
Program Documents:
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MSEC FY22 Funding Opportunity Announcement
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MSEC FY22 Existing Community Application
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MSEC FY22 New Community Application
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MSEC FY22 FAQ
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MSEC FY22 Deadlines
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MEA’s General Provisions for grant agreements
For more information, contact MEA regarding the MSEC program by
email at msec.mea@maryland.gov
or by phone at 443.694.3358 to speak with Briggs Cunningham, the MSEC program manager.
See the MSEC Fiscal Year 2020 & 2021 full lists of awardees.
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