BALTIMORE – The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the selection of awardees to receive $5 million in total grants under the Maryland Energy Administration’s 2025 Resilient Maryland Program. The grants will help Maryland municipalities, medical facilities, higher education and faith-based institutions, agricultural producers and nonprofit organizations become more resilient to power outages and other emergency events through clean energy solutions. “We are frequently reminded that our infrastructure is under extreme stress. These Resilient Maryland grants will enable a wide variety of Marylanders to better stand up to extreme weather, disasters and emergency situations,” said Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul G. Pinsky. “Not only do these investments expand the use of clean energy in Maryland, they are made with an eye toward strengthening communities that are traditionally underserved, making this program doubly valuable.” The Resilient Maryland Program is an award-winning incentive provider that funds communities and organizations to offset the costs of planning, designing and constructing microgrids, resilient facility power systems and resiliency hubs. Grants are provided based upon the size of the resilient energy system, development status, and primary use within three major funding categories: - Preconstruction planning grants help pay for feasibility analyses, modeling and other preconstruction diligence activities.
- Capital support funding helps pay for the equipment and installation costs.
- Resiliency hub grants provide solar energy and battery storage systems for central locations to serve as community resiliency hubs during power outage situations.
Microgrids, resiliency hubs and resilient facility power systems are combinations of different clean energy technologies that work together. The technology keeps clean, affordable energy flowing to communities, businesses, and critical infrastructure during normal conditions. During emergencies and events that cause power outages, they can generate electricity from clean sources to be stored for later use. The systems are designed to be dynamic and respond to rapidly-changing conditions. Such flexibility also reduces reliance on utility-supplied energy, which cuts operational costs, making them financially beneficial to their adopters. The 2025 Resilient Maryland Program grants include: - A $1.5 million award to Howard County Government to construct, interconnect, and commission a microgrid consisting of solar energy canopies and rooftop systems, as well as battery energy storage, at the Ellicott City campus housing the county’s emergency operations, the Northern District Police headquarters, and the Roger Carter Community Center.
- A $1.5 million award to a partnership between Prince George’s County Schools and AlphaStruxure Mullikin, LLC to construct a microgrid that will power a school bus depot located in Bowie. Prince George’s County Schools will transition its existing fossil fuel school bus fleet to electric, with an anticipated 50 buses that will park and charge at the site.
View the full list of 2025 Resilient Maryland award recipients at energy.maryland.gov. The Maryland Energy Administration anticipates that the application window for FY26 funding will be open by this autumn. The Maryland Energy Administration promotes clean, affordable, reliable energy and energy-related greenhouse gas emission reductions to benefit Marylanders in a just and equitable manner. For more information about the agency and its programs, visit our website at Energy.Maryland.gov, and follow us on social media: LinkedIn | X | Facebook. -###- |
