# 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Future Grants (EFG) Creating a Community-Led Energy Future

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/de-foa-0002870-2023-funding-opportunity-announcement-for-energy-future/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349525

> Golden Field Office offered grants of up to $500,000 (at least $1) to state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 50 awards worth $27.0 million in total. Applications closed on November 10, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DE-FOA-0002870 |
| Agency | Golden Field Office |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | November 10, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $500,000 |
| Award floor | $1 |
| Expected awards | 50 |
| Total funding | $27.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 81.041 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)

## What the grant funds

FOA Modification 000002: The purpose of this modification is to update the submission deadline for Full Applications, and expected dates for DOE Selection Notifications and Award Negotiations. FOA Modification 000001: The purpose of this modification is to update FOA Section VI.A.i's Criterion 1 from 20% to 40%, to better correspond to the weighting used in the Project Narrative. The Criterion requirements and Project Narrative requirements themselves were not modified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Energy Future Grants (EFG) provides $27 million in financial assistance to support local, state, and tribal government-led partnership efforts that will advance clean energy program innovation. EFG seeks to enhance energy affordable and access for communities, ensuring the broad benefits of a clean energy economy—including heath, economic development and jobs and emissions reductions—flow to disadvantaged communities. EFG will provide support for at least 50 multi jurisdictional teams. Teams should be ideally comprised of 3-4 or more state, local, and/or tribal government partners joining together on a planning project. Multi-jurisdictional teams (e.g. cities and state, tribes and cities, states, cities and tribes, etc.) are encouraged to also partner with community benefit organizations. Additional partners can including academia, think tanks and/or utilities positioned to turn innovative (novel or early action) ideas into solutions that address barriers to clean energy deployment. EFG plans will provide direction for ensuring measurable benefits reach communities and support Justice 40, which directs 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to flow to disadvantaged communities. EFG project can including innovative planning efforts in the power, transportation, and/or building sectors. A successful project will have equitable program innovation and seek to leverage DOE and other resources to speed and scale deployment of best practices by region or nationwide. Visit the Clean Energy Infrastructure Funding Opportunity Exchange website at https://infrastructure-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx to view the complete FOA Document.

## Questions people ask

### Is DE-FOA-0002870 still open?

No. It closed on November 10, 2023.

### Who can apply for 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Future Grants (EFG) Creating a Community-Led Energy Future?

Golden Field Office accepted applications from state and local governments and tribes.

### What is the deadline for 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Future Grants (EFG) Creating a Community-Led Energy Future?

Closed November 10, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $500,000 each. About $27.0 million in total across about 50 awards.

### Who has won State Energy Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of California Energy Commission, Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida. The program made 488 awards worth $9.3 billion in that time.