Closed · DE-FOA-0003428 · CFDA 81.255 · Discretionary

Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas – Fiscal Year 2025 Release

Federal grant opportunity posted by Headquarters, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$2M-$50M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 28, 2025
Close date
50
Expected awards

The verdict

Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas – Fiscal Year 2025 Release is a closed discretionary listing from Headquarters that offered $2,000,000 -- $50,000,000 across 50 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 76 other opportunities from Headquarters.

$2M-$50M
award range
Closed
application status
50
expected awards
81.255
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas… is closed (last close August 28, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Headquarters still indexes 76 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 August 28, 2025

Posted Oct 3 Closes Aug 28

Est. Total Funding

$400,000,000

Expected Awards

50

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

Rural and remote areas often have higher energy costs and burden, less resilient energy systems, and fewer alternatives for accessing clean energy compared with their urban counterparts. Furthermore, small communities do not always have the available time, money, or other resources to pursue clean energy options. This program serves communities of 10,000 people or fewer. Applicants must propose projects that support at least one of these eligible activities: A. Improving overall cost-effectiveness of energy generation, transmission, or distribution systems; B. Siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; C. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation in rural or remote areas; D. Providing or modernizing electric generation facilities; E. Developing microgrids; and F. Increasing energy efficiency. Applications may include any technology that meets these eligible activities, as long as those technologies are commercially available. Applicants must choose one of the four topic areas for their project’s application. For further information, please see the Full Funding Opportunity Announcement at https://oced-exchange.energy.gov/. All application materials must be submitted through the OCED Funding Opportunity Exchange.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0003428

Grants.gov marks Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). This eligibility-code string dominates the Headquarters book (49 peers, 64% of 77).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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.

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Agency Contact

Margaret A. Davide-Smith 240-306-4964 margaret.davide-smith@hq.doe.gov

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