Federal grants to Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business
Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business in Honolulu, Hawaii received $135 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 15 awards. Its largest program was State Energy Program, with $75.2 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $61.1 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$135 million
- Awards15
- Awarded in FY 2025$61.1 million
- Largest award$34.2 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $425,100 |
| FY 2022 | 1 | $417,613 |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $10.1 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | $63.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 5 | $61.1 million |
Programs that fund Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State Energy Program | 6 | $75.2 million |
| Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | 3 | $26.6 million |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | 2 | $25.5 million |
| Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants | 1 | $4.5 million |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Conservation Research and Development | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Renewable Energy Research and Development | 1 | $1.0 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | 14 | $131 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $4.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 wi | State Energy Program | October 30, 2023 | $34.2 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 wi | State Energy Program | October 30, 2023 | $34.1 million |
| Specific project goals include: goal 1: achieve a site electricity usage reduction of ~2,100 gwh (~70% site electricity reduction) for hawai'i’s commercial buildings falling under the covered buildings list of this bps policy in the next 30 years (2054), with an interim target of ~900 gwh of site el | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | December 18, 2024 | $18.2 million |
| Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) - utility solar grid forming technology (USGFT) | Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | September 26, 2024 | $16.3 million |
| Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) – preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid formula grants to states and indian tribes. The objective of this project is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events. | Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | June 14, 2023 | $8.6 million |
| This implementation plan describes how the hawai¿i state energy office (HSEO) will lead the state’s efforts in implementing qualifying building energy codes within the state. Because hawai¿i has adopted a qualifying code as required by the alrd, and with unamended codes the pnnl equivalence determin | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | December 27, 2024 | $7.3 million |
| Description: the agreement provides funding to Hawaii state energy office. Specifically, the recipient will reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter, nox and exposure to diesel air toxics. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $4,500,000.00. See general terms a | Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants | July 8, 2024 | $4.5 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. | State Energy Program | April 26, 2023 | $3.5 million |
| Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) – enabling high penetration of renewables with synchronous condenser conversion technology (SCCT) the purpose of this award is to install a synchronous condenser at the port allen generation station (PAGS) on kaua‘i, developed through conversion of an existing, bu | Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | September 16, 2024 | $1.7 million |
| Energy efficiency and conservation block grant (EECBG) program, bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) section 40552 the energy efficiency and conservation block grant (EECBG) program is designed to assist states, local governments, and tribes in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, to reduce | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) | February 23, 2024 | $1.6 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business get?
$135 million in 15 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business the most?
The Department of Energy, with $131 million in 14 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency follow.
What is Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business's largest federal grant?
$34.2 million under State Energy Program, with its first action in the period on October 30, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i Department of Business?
Its largest are State Energy Program, Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance.
Other grant recipients in Honolulu
- Department of Human Services Hawaii
- Hawaii State Department of Education
- The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation
- University of Hawaii
- Hawaii Department of Health
- Honolulu, City & County of
- Hawaii Department of Defense
- State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation
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