Hub Finance Fridays: Equitable Energy Futures Grant

Originally recorded on 9-27-2024.
Join the Building Energy Resource Hub for an overview of the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity's (DCEO) Equitable Energy Future Grant Program. As part of the Jobs and Environmental Justice Grant Program, the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program provides upfront capital to support the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that benefit businesses, community organizations, and the workforce in historically disadvantaged communities.
In this virtual session, we’ll explore how grants of up to $1 million will be available to contractor businesses to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Our presenter explains how grant funds may be used to support a wide array of activities, including planning and project development, purchasing and leasing of land, permitting and zoning, interconnection application costs, equipment and supplies, community outreach and marketing, and staff and operations expenses.
Program Eligiblity: Eligible applicants include businesses or nonprofit organizations that are equity eligible contractors or businesses and nonprofit organizations that propose projects that meet equity building criteria. Learn more here.
Speaker: Aaron McEvoy (He/Him), Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) Grants Manager, Office of Energy and Business Utility, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity