Closed · EPA-R-HQ-SFA-23-01 · CFDA 66.959 · Discretionary
SOLAR FOR ALL
Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25M-$400M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- October 12, 2023
- Close date
- 60
- Expected awards
The verdict
SOLAR FOR ALL is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered $25,000,000 -- $400,000,000 across 60 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,487 other opportunities from Environmental Protection Agency.
- $25M-$400M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 60
- expected awards
- 66.959
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
SOLAR FOR ALL is closed (last close October 12, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Environmental Protection Agency still indexes 1,487 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed October 12, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$7,000,000,000
Expected Awards
60
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a historic $27 billion investment to combat the climate crisis by mobilizing financing and private capital for greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects in communities across the country. As part of this program, EPA is launching a $7 billion Solar for All competition — designed to spur the deployment of residential distributed solar energy to lower energy bills for millions of Americans and catalyze transformation in markets serving low-income and disadvantaged communities. Solar for All will tackle the financial and non-financial barriers that limit the ability of low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country to benefit from the rapid growth in distributed solar capacity, thus advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s climate and environmental justice goals. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for the $7 billion Solar for All competition. This competition will award up to 60 grants to states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and eligible nonprofit recipients to expand the number of low-income and disadvantaged communities primed for distributed solar investment—enabling millions of low-income households to access affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy. Grantees will use funds to expand existing low-income solar programs or design and deploy new Solar for All programs nationwide. EPA will not fund individual projects under this competition. EPA’s $7 billion Solar for All competition will help deliver on the climate and environmental justice goals of the United States. To achieve these goals, Solar for All grantees will provide subsidies and other financial assistance to residential rooftop and residential-serving community solar projects in and benefiting low-income and disadvantaged communities in addition to project-deployment technical assistance such as workforce development, community outreach, and other project-deployment support (e.g., interconnection technical assistance, siting and permitting support) to help overcome barriers to solar deployment.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-R-HQ-SFA-23-01
Grants.gov marks SOLAR FOR ALL with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the Environmental Protection Agency book (1,239 peers, 83% of 1,488).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Further information, if needed, may be obtained by emailing ggrf@epa.gov. Information regarding this funding opportunity obtained from sources other than the EPA may not be accurate.
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What to do next
SOLAR FOR ALL is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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