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Maryland Energy Administration Opens New Application Window for OPEN Energy Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Zink | 443-758-7344 Agency underscores potential economic, job growth benefits of unique program that enables highly innovative energy projects  BALTIMORE – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced the annual launch of its OPEN Energy Program, which provides opportunities to submit applications for innovative energy projects  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces $1.2 million in Awards for FY23 Offshore Wind Supply Chain Development Grants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD  – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces $1.2 million in grant awards to three businesses and training centers under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training Grant Program. The purpose of the programs is to establish an offshore wind supply  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Awards the Business Network for Offshore Wind $1.25 million through the FY23 Open Energy Grant Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced the Business Network for Offshore Wind was awarded $1.25 million to develop and implement an Offshore Wind Experience Hub on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The project aims to address the public’s lack of awareness and  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Extends Application Deadline for AOI 3: Resiliency Hubs of FY23 Resilient Maryland Program

Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is now accepting applications for the reopened Area of Interest (AOI) 3: Resiliency Hubs of its FY23 Resilient Maryland Program. As the impacts of climate change continue to worsen, communities will continue to feel the negative effects at an increasing pace. This  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Awards Over $6M to Schools and Medical Facilities through the Energy Infrastructure Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD– The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce seven grant awards under the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Maryland Energy Infrastructure Program (MEIP). The seven awards total $9.25 million in funding to help advance the state’s goals of providing clean and affordable  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Accelerates the Upgrade of Outdoor Lighting to Clean and Efficient LED Technology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD — The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced the second year of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Streetlight and Outdoor Lighting Efficiency (SOLE) grant program. With the focus on the installation of light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures on existing, outdoor, pole-mounted, user-owned lighting fixtures, the SOLE  …Learn more

Nearly $3 Million Available for Microgrid and Resiliency Hub Development and Construction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Resilient Maryland Program is now accepting applications. This comprehensive program provides preconstruction analysis and capital installation funds for the development and construction of microgrids, resilient facility  …Learn more

MEA Announces $9.25 Million for Cleaner, Resilient Energy Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the return of its Maryland Energy Infrastructure Program (MEIP) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). The program is designed to promote economic vitality, job creation, and emissions reductions by expanding natural gas infrastructure  …Learn more

MEA’s Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural FY23 Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced the launch of the Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural (CI&A) Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23).  MEA is offering the CI&A 2023 Grant Program to Maryland commercial, industrial, nonprofits, and farms and other agricultural  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Offers Initiatives to Ensure Cleaner, More Cost-Efficient Public School Facilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD- The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) renewal of its Decarbonizing Public Schools Program. The program offers grant funding to school districts to expand their capacities for managing energy data, reduce operating costs, and incorporate energy  …Learn more

MEA Now Accepting Applications for Maryland Smart Energy Communities Grant Program: Program Open to Towns, Cities, Municipalities or Counties

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD-The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced that applications will be accepted for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Maryland Smart Energy Communities Program (MSEC) beginning September 26, 2022, the start of Clean Energy Week. Now in its 11th year, the MSEC program is  …Learn more

MEA Launches Low-to-Moderate Income Energy Efficiency Grant Program: $16.5 Million Available to Local Governments and Community Nonprofits

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD-The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Low-to-Moderate Income Energy Efficiency Grant Program (LMI Program). Available to nonprofit organizations and local governments – on a competitive basis – this program is designed to provide cost-effective energy  …Learn more

MEA Announces Innovative and Novel Efforts Under the OPEN Energy Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced the start of its Fiscal Year 2023 OPEN Energy Program. Earlier this year, MEA launched the OPEN Energy Program to provide an opportunity to receive and award proposals for energy projects and initiatives outside  …Learn more

MEA Announces Low Income Solar Grant Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD–The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Low Income Solar Grant Program. Through the program, MEA will support the design and installation of solar energy systems for a limited  …Learn more

Public Facility Solar Grants Available to State, County and Local Government Agencies: Maryland Energy Administration Offering $700,000 to Install Solar in Existing Infrastructure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced today the opening of the Fiscal Year 23 (FY23) Public Facility Solar Grant Program. This program provides funding to state, county, and local government entities (including public universities, community colleges or public schools) to install rooftop  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces $1.4 Million in Awards for Innovative and Novel Efforts Under the OPEN Energy Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is proud to announce that four awardees have been selected for its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) OPEN Energy Program. The four awards total $1.4 million in funding to help advance the State’s energy goals in innovative  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces $1.7 million in Awards for Fiscal Year 2022 Offshore Wind Supply Chain Development Grants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces $1.7 million in grant awards to six businesses and training centers under the Fiscal Year (FY) 22 Maryland Offshore Wind Capital Expenditure Grant Program and the Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training Grant Program. The purpose of the programs  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Grant Helps Giant Food Deploy Electric Delivery Vehicles

Reposted from PR Newswire website via Giant Food 06.09.2022 LANDOVER, Md., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Giant Food, the leading greater Washington, D.C. regional grocery chain, announces today the deployment of two brand new, fully electric Giant Delivers vehicles. The electric step-van vehicles join Giant’s fleet of 128 vehicles based in Hanover, Md. making daily deliveries to  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces Awards for Fiscal Year 2022 Low-to-Moderate Income Program

Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces awards for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) Grant program. This program lowers energy bills through reduced energy usage and positively contributes to the achievement of climate and energy goals. Its original budget of $6.5 million  …Learn more

MEA Awards $1.5 Million to Four Organizations Through Low Income Solar Grant Program

Baltimore, MD-The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces $1.5 Million in awards to build new solar on low income Marylanders primary residence. Funding for this project is made possible through MEA’s Low Income Solar Grant Program, which is funded by the Strategic Energy Investment Fund. “Through this program, MEA continues to  …Learn more

MEA Announces FY22 Low Income Solar Grant Program Reopens for Round 2

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the reopening of the FY22 Low Income (LI) Solar Grant Program. The pilot program  will support the design and installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems for a limited number of households that have received an energy audit and significant energy  …Learn more

MEA Announces $7.5 Million for Cleaner, Resilient Energy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce $7.5 million in Maryland Energy Infrastructure Program (MEIP) awards. These awards promote the development of energy infrastructure, and the conversion of existing infrastructure to options that utilize cleaner, more environmentally friendly, and less  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces $2.8 M in Available Funding to Grow the Offshore Wind Supply Chain and Workforce in Maryland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD‐The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces the return of its two offshore wind grant programs for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), the Maryland Offshore Wind Capital Expenditure Grant Program and the Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training Grant Program. These programs are designed to establish  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Launches Maryland Energy Infrastructure Program

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced the return of the Maryland Energy Infrastructure Program (MEIP) with the launch of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) program, aiming to expand natural gas offerings statewide. Natural gas is a more environmentally-friendly alternative to fuels that are delivered by diesel trucks. It also  …Learn more

Maryland Smart Energy Communities Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

During Clean Energy Week MEA launched the Maryland Smart Energy Communities Program (MSEC) for FY22.  Now in its 10th year, the MSEC program is open to any incorporated town, city, municipal or county government in Maryland. The program supports​ local governments as they adopt smart-energy policies and commit to them  …Learn more

Clean and Resilient Buses in Brookville: MEA Helps County Meet Energy Goals

Agency Issues $300,000 Grant for Microgrid at Brookville Bus Depot Brookville, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is leading the way once again in clean energy innovation. The groundbreaking for a microgrid to power the Brookville Bus Depot fleet took place on Thursday, September 2, 2021 as part of  …Learn more

MEA Grant Spurs Solar for Low-to-Moderate Income Marylanders

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, Standard Solar hosted U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Executive Director Abigail Ross Hopper, local government representatives and other dignitaries for a tour of Maryland’s newest community solar array.  Located in Union Bridge, MD, the Shepherd’s Mill  …Learn more

MEA’s Resilient Maryland Returns to Push the Envelope on Distributed Energy: FY22 Program Now Accepting Applications

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2022 Resilient Maryland Program is now open for applications. This program provides competitive grants to support concept development, feasibility analysis and preconstruction planning for microgrids and other distributed energy resources (DERs) designed to benefit a wide variety  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces the FY22 Resiliency Hub Grant Program

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the opening of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Resiliency Hub Grant Program on July 21, 2021. The Program provides funding to solar/microgrid developers for costs incurred in the development and construction of solar plus energy storage systems to serve as “Resiliency  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces the FY22 Community Solar LMI-PPA Program

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the opening of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Community Solar LMI PPA Grant Program on July 19, 2021. This program provides funding to Community Solar Subscriber Organizations for added costs associated with making the Community Solar Pilot Program accessible to the  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces the FY22 Public Facility Solar Grant Program

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the opening of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Public Facility Solar Grant Program on July 29, 2021. This program provides grant funding to State, county or municipal government entities to support the planning and installation of solar arrays on the existing  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the opening of the Fiscal Year 2022 Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural Competitive Grant Program on July 27, 2021.  MEA is providing the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural (CI&A) Grant Program to Maryland businesses, industry, farms, and other agricultural entities  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces the FY22 Solar Canopy Grant Program

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce the opening of the FY22 Solar Canopy Grant Program (previously called the Parking Lot Solar PV Canopy with EV Charger Grant Program) on July 21, 2021. The Solar Canopy Grant Program combines Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard goal for solar installations with  …Learn more

Howard County Groundbreaking for Multiple Solar Energy Arrays

     On Thursday, July 15, 2021, Howard County government officials broke ground for a large Public Sector Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Maryland. Under a typical PPA, a solar developer builds a solar array at it’s own cost under an agreement to sell all of the array’s solar energy  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Combined Heat and Power Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2022 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Grant Program is now open. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for all applications is 5:00 P.M. EST, Friday, January 28, 2022, or until program funds  …Learn more

Community Solar – Highlighting state incentives to expand community solar opportunities

By David Comis, Senior Energy Program Manager This is part 6 of a 7 part series on community solar. Please note, the comments in this blog are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent the views of the Maryland Energy Administration or the State of Maryland. The Maryland  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration To Open Second Round of CHP Grants November 17

Brandon Bowser, CHP & Energy Resilience Program Manager The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) will open the second application round of the Fiscal Year 2021 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) grant on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Eligible applicants can receive up to $650,000 toward the equipment and installation costs of qualified  …Learn more

Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) Explained

By Abigail Peryea, Energy Grant Administrator SREC may look like a typo to many people but for those in the energy industry, this acronym is a signal of cleaner and greener energy. Solar Renewable Energy Certificate or SREC are special incentives designed to encourage the adoption of solar energy. To  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces New Game Changers Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration is pleased to announce the opening of the fiscal year 2017 (FY17) Game Changers Program. The Program provides financial assistance on a competitive basis for innovative renewable energy systems in two (2) areas of interest. Area of  …Learn more

MEA helps Homes for America lower energy bills for low-income renters

Homes for America, a housing nonprofit, received a $295,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), which was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant reduced the costs of massive energy efficiency upgrades to the organization’s Concord Apartments, saving residents hundreds of dollars on electricity bills each  …Learn more

MEA Enhances the Energy Efficiency Benefits of a Montgomery County Renovation

Before renovations began in November of 2009 (left), the then 71-year-old Frances Ballard had lived at the same address on Takoma Park’s Flower Ave. for more than 30 years. Now, she says, she hardly recognizes the place. The Gilbert Highlands housing community, Ballard’s long-time home, has undergone a complete makeover.  …Learn more

Caroline County Habitat Pairs MEA Grant Funds with Volunteer Work

Thanks to the 2010 Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income Grant Program, the comfort of six Caroline County households has been increased while the energy bills for those households has been decreased. Using a $50,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), Caroline County Habitat for Humanity completed six energy efficiency  …Learn more

MEA Grants for Garrett County Community

Using a $50,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), residents of Liberty Mews, a 36-unit lease purchase housing development in Oakland, will save money on utility bills while enjoying new energy efficient appliances. The grant, issued to Garrett County as part of the MEA’s Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income  …Learn more

Bladensburg reduces energy use to saves money

Bladensburg‘s visitor center and its police department are now more energy efficient and comfortable. Thanks to the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) and theDepartment of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, both visitors and staff of those buildings are helping Maryland reach the Maryland goal of reducing  …Learn more

Efficiency upgrades for mid-shore retiree provide safeguards for the future

“I have no doubt we did the right thing” said John P. Davis. Davis, who retired in Talbot County, had just finished improving the insulation in his crawl space, attic, and walls with the support of a $2,800 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA). For him, the investment was  …Learn more

Vietnam Veteran Improves Comfort and Saves Money through Efficiency Upgrades

  Before making energy efficiency upgrades to his home, the only ways David Hale and his teenaged daughter could escape the heat were to duck into air-conditioned stores or to go swimming. During June, July, and August, they virtually never stopped sweating in their doublewide manufactured home in Deep Run  …Learn more

Queen Anne’s County Invests Clean Efficiency Funding to Save Money

  The Queen Anne’s County Department of Public Works – Division of Engineering and General Service’s (QAC) does more than balance budgets every day. The agency has a three-pronged mission to respond promptly to customer service concerns, safeguard the environment, and respect its cost-conscious citizens. By working with the Maryland  …Learn more

More Than a Million Dollars Saved, Thanks to Energy Efficiency Projects by Civic Works

  Since 2009, nearly 2,000 households received energy efficiency upgrade services from Civic Works, an urban service corps dedicated to strengthening communities in and around Baltimore. The non-profit used EmPOWER Clean Energy Communities grant funding to help finance the projects. Estimates suggest that these energy and cost-saving projects are likely  …Learn more

MEA GRANTS ARE SAVING LIVES AND ENERGY!

As recounted to Tamara Toles O’Laughlin by Dean Fisher Last week went along as any other does in MEA’s Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) Grant Program replete with Summertime site visits to grantees, and phone calls with auditors on any number of matters. As such, It might have been just one more  …Learn more