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State Energy Program Special Projects (81.119)

Also known as SEP Competitive Grants

State Energy Program Special Projects (Assistance Listing 81.119) is run by the Department of Energy. It awarded $5.0 million in 2 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.5 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

There were 2 awards in five years, from $300,000 to $5.5 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To allow States to submit proposals to implement specific Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy deployment activities and initiatives as Special Projects under the State Energy Program. States will compete for funding to implement activities relating to a number of programmatic areas such as building codes and standards, alternative fuels, industrial efficiency, building efficiency, and solar and renewable technologies.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

All States plus the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands may apply.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Financial support, in whole or in part, may be provided for salaries, materials, and supplies, equipment, travel, publication costs, and services required for implementing the activities described in the application at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Competitive SEP projects have a 20% cost matching requirement.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, State Energy Program Special Projects (81.119) awarded$5.0 million across 2 grant awards, an average of $2.5 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Multicare Health SystemWashington1$5.5 million
Western Interstate Energy Board/WinbColorado1$300,000

Top states: Washington ($5.5 million), Colorado ($300,000).

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Nonprofits1$5.5 million100%

By state

1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is Washington.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Washington1$5.5 million
Colorado1$300,000

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.