Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009545

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $19,994,217.00, is provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) under the "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance" program (CFDA 81.117). The City and County of San Francisco's Environment Department (SFE) will partner with the City of Berkeley and regional entities to adopt, implement, and enforce Building Performance Standards (BPS) in both...

This $10,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) will support the Ohio Cities Building Performance Standard Initiative. The initiative will implement a building performance standard across commercial buildings in four Ohio cities (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton) to achieve energy savings equivalent to or greater...

This Project Grant award of $19,826,957.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The grant will support the City of Philadelphia's Office of Sustainability in designing, developing, and implementing a Building Performance Standard (BPS) program for the city. Key objectives include adopting a zero energy code equivalent BPS ordinance,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded $155,000 to PP&L Sustainable Energy Fund on August 5, 2025, under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to implement an environmental education initiative focused on energy infrastructure and air quality. The project will deliver hands-on workshops and conferences targeting two distinct audiences: educators (K-12 teachers, college professors, and college students) and younger students...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean School Bus Program (CFDA 66.045) provides $12,431,000 in funding to the San Diego Unified School District to replace existing diesel school buses with zero-emission (ZE) electric school buses and install associated AC Level 2 and DC fast charging infrastructure. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The key activities include purchasing several ZE school buses and installing the...

This Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), provides $5,600,000 to Birmingham City Schools to replace 20 non-zero emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission school buses. The award will fund the purchase and installation of 20 DC fast chargers, as well as workforce development and training for drivers, mechanics, and first responders on the safe operation of the electric buses. Key expected...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), will fund the replacement of approximately 60 Class 6 and 7 internal combustion engine delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) with new zero-emission battery electric delivery trucks. The $10,499,274 award will also support the installation of charging infrastructure at three UPS logistics centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally,...

This $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will fund East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in Alameda County and the City of Tracy, California. EBCE will develop a community-wide inventory of brownfield...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act provides $910,488.00 in funding to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to enhance their ambient air monitoring network. The key products and services to be delivered include: purchasing and deploying data telemetry, laboratory, and field equipment such as...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), provides $48,471,034.00 to the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools to replace 125 in-use, non-zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles. The activities include replacing eligible internal combustion engine Class 7 vehicles with eligible zero-emission vehicles, purchasing and installing 125 Level 3 vehicle chargers, and...