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Funder Type
State Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Maryland Energy Administration
Summary
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA”) announces the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24”) Resilient Maryland Program (Resilient Maryland”, the Program”). This award-winning program provides funding to Maryland organizations seeking to develop and install resilient microgrids, resiliency hubs, and resilient facility power systems to provide reliable, affordable, and sustainable power for their operations and essential energy needs. The Program offers funding under three (3) Areas of Interest (AOIs).
Program Structure: The FY24 Resilient Maryland Program provides funding under three (3) Areas of Interest (AOIs), which are briefly explained in the list below. Please see the FY24 Resilient Maryland Program Overview Document (Overview Document) and the Funding Opportunity Announcements for each AOI in the Program Documents section for detailed information.
- AOI 1: Preconstruction Planning: This AOI provides funds for feasibility analysis and other preconstruction activities for the planning and development of microgrids, resilient facility power systems, and resiliency hubs.
- AOI 2: Capital Support: This AOI provides capital for equipment and installation to help offset the costs of constructing microgrids and other resilient energy systems.
- AOI 3: Resiliency Hubs: This AOI provides capital for equipment and installation to help offset the costs of constructing solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage systems to provide essential power to facilities that serve as resiliency hubs for their surrounding communities.
History of Funding
Previous awardees can be viewed:
Fiscal Year 2020 - https://energy.maryland.gov/business/SiteAssets/Pages/ResilientMaryland/FY20%20MEA%20Resilient%20Maryland%20Award%20List.pdf
Fiscal Year 2021 -
https://energy.maryland.gov/business/SiteAssets/Pages/ResilientMaryland/FY21%20MEA%20Resilient%20Maryland%20Award%20List.pdf
Fiscal Year 2022-
https://energy.maryland.gov/business/SiteAssets/Pages/ResilientMaryland/FY22%20MEA%20Resilient%20Maryland%20Award%20List%20%28Both%20Rounds%29.pdf
Additional Information
Resilient Maryland is provided to help Maryland communities and organizations identify optimal microgrid and other DER configurations to bolster the resilience, sustainability, energy affordability, and efficiency of their essential facilities and operations and safeguard them from the harmful effects of prolonged power outages. The FY24 program seeks projects that pursue creative solutions and innovations that create replicable and scalable DER system models, enhance energy equity for Maryland's overburdened, underserved, and most vulnerable communities, and provide power for key community locations to serve as resiliency hubs.
Eligibility Details
Eligibility requirements will vary by Area of Interest.
Area of Interest 1 & 2
- Critical Infrastructure
- Local Governments
- Nonprofits
- Universities and Colleges
- Multifamily Housing
- Manufacturers
- Farms / Agriculture
- Municipal Utilities
- Others, case-by-case
Area of Interest 3
- Maryland businesses
- non-profits
- local governments
- public universities,
- community colleges
- public schools within the State of Maryland.
Eligible organizations must be registered to do business in, or have authority to operate within, the State of Maryland.
Deadline Details
Applications are to be submitted by February 15th, 2024 by 3:00pm.
Award Details
A total of up to $6 million is expected to be available, split between each AOI.
1: Feasibility and Planning - $800,000
2: Microgrid Capital - $3,000,000
3: Resiliency Hubs - $2,200,000
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