NewsStates aiming for a clean energy grid have access to $4.6 billion in federal grants
April 14, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency is providing a total of $7.6 billion in grants, with $3 million allocated to each state as planning grants for reducing climate pollution.
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- Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) has published an overview of energy modeling to provide support and guidance to states using these grants.
- NREL’s Cambium data sets provide projections for the US electricity sector up to 2050, while NREL is upgrading their ReEDS model to streamline state-level analysis.
- In addition, 67 metropolitan areas are eligible for $1 million planning grants and $25 million is reserved for tribes. All 22 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have 100% clean energy goals according to the CESA’s 100% Clean Energy Collaborative.
