**FY25 Program Closed for Applications**
**Please note that the application window closed at 3:00 PM ET on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Applications received after this time will not be considered for FY 2025 grant funding**
POLICY STATEMENT ON SOLAR ENERGY EQUITY PROGRAM AND MARYLAND SOLAR ACCESS PROGRAM GRANT FUNDING
A solar PV system that has already received funding from the Maryland Energy Administration’s
Maryland Solar Access Program (“MSAP”)
is
not eligible for Solar Energy Equity Program grand funding. MEA will cancel a grantee reimbursement request for a home that has received MSAP funding. No exceptions will be made.
Program Description: The Maryland Energy Administration ("MEA") is pleased to announce grant funding available under its FY25 Solar Energy Equity Grant Program ("SEE Program", "the Program"). Funds under the SEE Program are provided for the design and installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy-generating systems on the homes of Marylanders that experience low-to-moderate income, or are in overburdened or underserved communities, as defined by
§1-701 of the Environmental Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. Each home must have had energy efficiency and weatherization-type upgrades completed through MEA's FY19 - FY25 Energy Efficiency Equity Grant Program ("EEE Program"), formerly known as the Low-to-Moderate Income Energy Efficiency Grant Program in previous Program offerings; or through one (1) or both of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development ("DHCD") FY19 - FY25 Weatherization Assistance Program or FY19 - FY25 DHCD EmPOWER Maryland Limited Income Energy Efficiency Program. MEA anticipates issuing awards to current or prior EEE Program grantees to enable solar on the rooftops of households that experience low-to-moderate income, or are in overburdened or underserved communities, living in single-family homes. The Program will fund up to 100% of the solar photovoltaic (PV) system design and installation cost, up to $25,000 per home.
Program Purpose: Through the SEE Program, MEA aims to gain insight into best practices for deploying solar to households described in §9–20B–05(i) of the State Government Article, and to households that live in overburdened or underserved communities, as described in §1-701 of the Environment Article.
Type of Grant Program: Competitive Grant Program
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations and local governments.
Application Deadline: 3:00 P.M. ET, Thursday, February 13, 2025 (Deadline Extended as of Jan 17, 2025)
3:00 P.M. EST, Thursday, January 23, 2025
Anticipated Program Budget: A total of up to
$10,000,000 is expected to be available, split between each Area of Interest ("AOI").
Funding restrictions apply. See the FY25 SEE Program Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in the Program Documents section for further information.
Program Documents:
For more information, contact
MEA Program Manager Meg Cefail regarding the Solar Energy Equity Program by email at SolarEquity.MEA@Maryland.gov, or by phone at 410.371.0976.
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