Federal grants to Commonwealth Utilities Corporation
Commonwealth Utilities Corporation in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands received $111 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 14 awards. Its largest program was Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support, with $101 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $4.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$111 million
- Awards14
- Awarded in FY 2025$4.6 million
- Largest award$36.9 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 4 | $8.0 million |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $26.8 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $25.6 million |
| FY 2024 | 4 | $45.7 million |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $4.6 million |
Programs that fund Commonwealth Utilities Corporation
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | 6 | $101 million |
| Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | 4 | $3.4 million |
| Congressionally Mandated Projects | 3 | $2.8 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Protection Agency | 9 | $104 million |
| Department of Energy | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Department of the Interior | 4 | $3.4 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description: this agreement includes fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law awards, which includes drinking water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water emerging contaminant funds, drinking water emerging contaminant funds | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | August 20, 2024 | $36.9 million |
| Description: this cooperative agreement consists of fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law awards, which includes drinking water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water emerging contaminant funds, drinking water emerging co | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | September 26, 2023 | $21.7 million |
| Description: this agreement includes fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law awards, which includes drinking water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water emerging contaminant funds, drinking water emerging contaminant funds | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | September 6, 2022 | $20.6 million |
| Description: this assistance agreement includes fiscal year 2022 drinking water and clean water state revolving funds (dw and cw srf) grants funds. The project workplan is targeted to meet the statutory and regulatory objectives, milestones, and goals of epa's strategic plan, in conjunction with the | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | September 6, 2022 | $10.1 million |
| This assistance agreement includes fiscal year 2020 drinking water and clean water state revolving funds (dw & cw srf) grant funds. The proposed projects are taken from the approved project prioritiy list. The proposed projects will focus on drinking water and wastewater system improvements to inclu | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | September 22, 2021 | $7.1 million |
| Description: this assistance agreement includes fiscal year 2024 drinking water and clean water state revolving funds (dw and cw srf) grant funds. The proposed projects are taken from the approved project priority list. The proposed projects will focus on drinking water and wastewater system improvem | Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support | August 21, 2024 | $4.7 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 | August 23, 2024 | $3.4 million |
| This project is for the commonwealth utilities corporation (CUC), to address critical grid vulnerabilities associated with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (DERS), particularly rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, in the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), b | Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories | September 19, 2025 | $2.5 million |
| Description: this agreement provides funding to the commonwealth utilities corporation to implement its project to design the remediation of the collapsed underground storage tank at the sadog tasi wastewater treatment plant as directed in the 2024 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in | Congressionally Mandated Projects | December 18, 2024 | $959,752 |
| Description: this agreement provides funding to the commonwealth utilities corporation to implement its project to replace granular activated carbon for pfas remediation as directed in the 2024 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in an approved technical correction if one has been approv | Congressionally Mandated Projects | December 18, 2024 | $959,752 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Commonwealth Utilities Corporation get?
$111 million in 14 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Commonwealth Utilities Corporation the most?
The Environmental Protection Agency, with $104 million in 9 awards. The Department of Energy and the Department of the Interior follow.
What is Commonwealth Utilities Corporation's largest federal grant?
$36.9 million under Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support, with its first action in the period on August 20, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Commonwealth Utilities Corporation?
Its largest are Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support, Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience and Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories.
Other grant recipients in Saipan
- Cnmi Public School System
- Department of Public Health-D IV. of PH
- Cnmi Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Dcca
- Northern Marianas Housing Corporation
- Cnmi Dol-Workforce Investment Agency Division
- Department of Public Lands
- Office of the Governor
- Cnmi Office of Planning and Development
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