{"id":2910,"date":"2019-08-01T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:25:49","slug":"mea-launches-a-brand-new-lawton-loan-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/08\/01\/mea-launches-a-brand-new-lawton-loan-program\/","title":{"rendered":"MEA Launches a Brand New Lawton Loan Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/bulbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-502\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/bulbs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/bulbs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/11\/bulbs-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The newest cycle of the <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/govt\/Pages\/janeelawton.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program<\/a> is now open and accepting applications. The Lawton program has undergone some changes for the new Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) due to newly passed legislation (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mgaleg.maryland.gov\/2019RS\/fnotes\/bil_0000\/hb0170.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Bill 170) <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which allows Maryland State Agencies access to the program in addition to Maryland non-profit organizations, local governments, and businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A total of $2,050,000 dollars will be available under FY20 Lawton program however, funds will be divided for appropriate distribution. During the first six months of the fiscal year, State agencies will enjoy exclusive access to a $1,200,000 dollars set-aside, and simultaneously, non-profits, local governments, and qualified Maryland businesses have access to an allowance of $850,000 dollars.\u00a0 Of that amount, $205,000 dollars will be reserved for non-profit organizations for the first three months of the year. After the first three months, the non-profit reservation is lifted. After six months, the set-asides for State agencies versus all other sectors are lifted so that applicants may apply for the remaining, co-mingled balance on a first-come-first-served basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional information about the program, including the application, can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/govt\/Pages\/janeelawton.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, please contact program manager David Giusti at david.giusti1@maryland.gov or (410) 537-4072 or call 1-800-72-ENERGY if you have additional questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest cycle of the Jane E. Lawton Conservation Loan Program is now open and accepting applications. The Lawton program has undergone some changes for the new Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) due to newly passed legislation (House Bill 170) which allows Maryland State Agencies access to the program in addition<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/08\/01\/mea-launches-a-brand-new-lawton-loan-program\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}