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Federal grants to State of California Energy Commission

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State of California Energy Commission in Sacramento, California received $1.4 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 14 awards. Its largest program was Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience, with $737 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $726 million.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to State of California Energy Commission by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20212$4.6 million
FY 20221$3.8 million
FY 20236$109 million
FY 20245$585 million
FY 20257$726 million

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund State of California Energy Commission

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience 81.2542$737 million
State Energy Program 81.0417$649 million
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance 81.1173$37.1 million
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) 81.1281$4.5 million
Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Compatible Use and Joint Land Use Studies 12.6101$777,752

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Energy13$1.4 billion
Department of Defense1$777,752

Largest awards

The 10 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) - California harnessing advanced reliable grid enhancing technologies for transmission (charge 2T) the project sets forth several goals to modernize and expand California’s electrical grid for enhanced performance and sustainability. It includes reconductoring and
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Grid Infrastructure Deployment and ResilienceDecember 12, 2024$631 million
Department of energy, state and community energy programs (SCEP): inflation reduction act of 2022 (IRA) 50121. Scep seeks to provide initial guidance for the planning, administration or technical assistance for future distributions of formula awards through the home energy rebate programs, which wil
ASST_NON_DESE0000024_089 on USAspending
State Energy ProgramAugust 25, 2023$291 million
Department of energy, state and community energy programs (SCEP): inflation reduction act of 2022 (IRA) 50122. Scep seeks to provide initial guidance for the planning, administration or technical assistance for future distributions of formula awards through the home energy rebate programs, which wil
ASST_NON_DESE0000080_089 on USAspending
State Energy ProgramAugust 28, 2023$290 million
Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) – preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid formula grants to states and indian tribes. The overall objective of this project is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events.
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Grid Infrastructure Deployment and ResilienceJune 26, 2023$107 million
Section 50131 of the inflation reduction act (IRA) of 2022, assistance for latest and zero building energy code adoption. Section 50131 of the ira provides funding for certain activities in support of specified building energy codes (i.e., qualifying building energy codes). In alignment with section
ASST_NON_DESE0001437_089 on USAspending
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/AssistanceJanuary 15, 2025$30.9 million
State energy program (SEP): bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) section 40109 sep seeks to promote the efficient use of energy and reduce the rate of growth of energy demand through the development and implementation of specific state energy programs.
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State Energy ProgramMay 23, 2023$30.3 million
Sep formula - California
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State Energy ProgramMay 12, 2021$11.7 million
The California conservation and development commission energy resources (CEC) will train the workforce as outlined in provision 50123. Cec will use trec funding to support residential electrification, energy efficiency, and decarbonization training. Cec plans to utilize trec funds to strategically s
ASST_NON_DESE0000756_089 on USAspending
State Energy ProgramDecember 14, 2024$10.3 million
State energy program (SEP): sep seeks to promote the efficient use of energy and reduce the rate of growth of energy demand through the development and implementation of specific state energy programs. Funding is provided though formula awards from fiscal year appropriations.
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State Energy ProgramJune 28, 2024$8.4 million
State energy program (SEP) iija 40502 bil funds FY2022 for the energy efficiency revolving loan fund (RLF).
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State Energy ProgramOctober 29, 2024$6.7 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does State of California Energy Commission get?

$1.4 billion in 14 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives State of California Energy Commission the most?

The Department of Energy, with $1.4 billion in 13 awards. The Department of Defense follow.

What is State of California Energy Commission's largest federal grant?

$631 million under Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience, with its first action in the period on December 12, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Which federal programs fund State of California Energy Commission?

Its largest are Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience, State Energy Program and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance.

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