Federal grants to Department of Energy Resources
Department of Energy Resources in Augusta, Maine received $223 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 14 awards. Its largest program was State Energy Program, with $80.1 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $111 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$223 million
- Awards14
- Awarded in FY 2025$111 million
- Largest award$65.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 2 | -$1.7 million |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $709,660 |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $8.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 7 | $104 million |
| FY 2025 | 6 | $111 million |
Programs that fund Department of Energy Resources
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State Energy Program | 8 | $80.1 million |
| Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | 2 | $72.2 million |
| Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All | 1 | $62.1 million |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | 1 | $7.6 million |
| Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending | 1 | $2.8 million |
| State Heating Oil and Propane Program | 1 | $49,500 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | 12 | $160 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 1 | $62.1 million |
| Department of Labor | 1 | $2.8 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) - flexible interconnections and resilience for Maine (project firm) this project will create a more modern and dynamic grid that will drive robust distributed energy resource (DER) and renewable energy deployment in Maine while ensuring resilience and affordabilit | Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | December 19, 2024 | $65.4 million |
| Description: note: a special payment condition applies to this award. This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act. The recipient will provide financial and technical assistance to low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential-serving distributed | Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All | July 8, 2024 | $62.1 million |
| The Maine governor' energy office (GEO) plans to allocate 100% of its her funds to efficiency Maine trust (EMT) for program implementation serving multifamily buildings achieving 35% modeled energy savings. The scope and design of emt's her program implementation is intended to address the need with | State Energy Program | January 17, 2025 | $35.9 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 | June 25, 2024 | $35.7 million |
| Ira Maine 2024-2033 building energy code adoption and implementation | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance | January 9, 2025 | $7.6 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 29, 2023 | $6.8 million |
| Energy security plan development | State Energy Program | July 8, 2022 | $3.7 million |
| See notice of award, attachment 1 - terms and conditions, attachment d, statement of work, abstract. | Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending | February 21, 2024 | $2.8 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. | State Energy Program | June 28, 2022 | $1.6 million |
| The state of Maine’s governor’s energy office will train the workforce as outlined in provision 50123. The state intends to award funds to 2-4 subrecipients who will invest in local workforce development initiatives including those with a focus on serving disadvantaged communities and underrepresent | State Energy Program | December 18, 2024 | $1.3 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Department of Energy Resources get?
$223 million in 14 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Department of Energy Resources the most?
The Department of Energy, with $160 million in 12 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor follow.
What is Department of Energy Resources's largest federal grant?
$65.4 million under Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience, with its first action in the period on December 19, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Department of Energy Resources?
Its largest are State Energy Program, Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Solar for All.
Other grant recipients in Augusta
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maine Department of Transportation
- Maine Department of Education
- Emergency Management Agency Maine
- Maine Connectivity Authority
- Maine State Housing Authority
- Maine Department of Labor
- State of Maine
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