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.
- $25M-$400M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 60
- expected awards
- 66.959
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - SOLAR FOR ALL - is cataloged under number EPA-R-HQ-SFA-23-01 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 66.959, posted by Environmental Protection Agency. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on June 28, 2023 and last updated on August 31, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $25,000,000 -- $400,000,000. The agency has projected $7.0 billion in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 60 awards. If the agency funds the expected 60 awards from the $7.0 billion estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $116.7 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on October 12, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$25,000,000 -- $400,000,000
Close Date
October 12, 2023
See Section IV of funding opportunity announcement for closing date information.
Posted
June 28, 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.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
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