The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Innovation (PSC or Commission) is seeking applications for the Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP).
Donor Name: Public Service Commission of Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Innovation
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Details:
The EIGP supports the mission of the Office of Energy Innovation (OEI) with a wide variety of energy related projects. Annually, the Commission determines the scope of the program, including eligible applicants and activities, which is discussed herein. The Commission has allocated up to a total of $10 million in grants for the 2021 round of the EIGP.
Strategic Objectives
- To support innovative energy technologies that have the potential to serve as a model or better inform decision-makers on emerging trends in the energy sector.
- To help provide equitable access to the benefits of clean energy, efficiency, and preparedness by reaching broad applicant types. This includes applicants who may traditionally face barriers to adopting clean energy solutions and the benefits they provide, or whose communities may be disproportionately impacted by the negative effects of traditional fossil fuel and inefficient energy systems.
Eligible Project Activities and Maximum Grant Requests
- Activity 1: Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
- Renewable Energy Systems [other than PV Systems] – $500,000
- Solar PV Systems – $250,000
- Energy Storage System – $250,000
- Renewable Energy Systems with Energy Storage System- $500,000 (Solar PV) | $750,000 (all other Renewable Energy)
- Activity 2: Energy Efficiency and Demand Response – $1,000,000
- Activity 3: Comprehensive Energy Planning – Single Applicants up to $50,000 | Multiple Applicants (Consortium) up to $100,000
Eligible Applicants
- Municipalities, Universities, Schools, Hospitals, and Like Entities (MUSH Market): cities, villages, towns, counties, K-12 school districts, tribes, municipal water and wastewater utilities, municipal electric utilities, municipal natural gas utilities, University of Wisconsin System campuses and facilities, Wisconsin Technical College System, public or nonprofit hospitals, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
- Manufacturers as defined by Wis. Stat. § 77.51(7h).
For more information, visit Energy Innovation Grant Program.