The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $306,600 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to support the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Election Commission's CNMI Energy Task Force Renewables Technical Development Program. The two-year project grant, awarded on September 1, 2022 and concluding on September 30, 2024, will fund the development of technical expertise to advance renewable energy...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $532,800 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The project grant will fund the contracting of a Renewable Energy Manager and two Renewable Energy Engineers to provide direct onsite feedback as the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation integrates renewables through September 2025. This nearly...
The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $646,891 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant will fund the installation of a 466-unit, 400-watt solar energy system capable of producing an estimated 312,300 kWh of renewable electricity annually. This system is expected to offset approximately 93% of the central government's...
The Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) received a $315,176 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. This funding will enable the launch of the CNMI Alternative Energy Revolving Financing Program, known as the Commonwealth Assistance for Renewable Energy Solutions (CARES). CARES aims to increase the deployment of solar photovoltaic systems and...
The Department of the Interior - Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $174,291 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The funding will support the installation of a 40.80 kW grid-tie solar energy system at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Saipan. The solar project aims to provide a 100% offset of the community center's...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $319,567 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant funding will support a 4-year effort to conserve and restore the flora ecosystems of the CNMI, improve climate resilience, respond to invasive species, and restore native species that have been threatened. Key...
The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded $298,081 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) on June 26, 2022 to support sustainability planning initiatives in the Mariana Islands region through September 30, 2025. The Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands will utilize the funding to establish the Mariana Resilience and Sustainability Planning Group forum, where matters affecting the Commonwealth...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $262,907 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) through the Economic, Social and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) grant program. This funding will be used to install a 26.4 kW photovoltaic solar energy system at the Office on Aging (Man Amko) Center in Rota, CNMI, as well as 19 new 60W LED solar-powered outdoor lights throughout the facility's...
The Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Office of Management and Budget Division has been awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant will fund the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for several infrastructure...
The Office of Insular Affairs awarded $152,625 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) on June 26, 2022 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. The project grant will fund grant writers and managers through September 30, 2025 to prepare competitive grant applications and ensure compliance and reporting for awarded grants. Focus areas for grant applications include rebuilding energy capacity to address...