Department of Energy · Energy · Disaster Resilience
Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas
Funds energy resilience, reliability, and clean energy projects in communities of fewer than 10,000 people. Eligible projects include microgrids, demand response, renewable energy, and grid modernization.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $1M – $100M
- Non-federal match
- 50% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Periodic NOFOs.
- Typical prep time
- 12–20 weeks
- Statutory authority
- IIJA §40103(c) (42 U.S.C. §17314)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
- Rural eligibility: population under 50,000 (USDA threshold).
- Population ceiling: no more than 10,000.
Administered by Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.