Community Microgrid Assistance Program

Dan Ton
cmap@nrel.gov

Kyndall Jackson
kyndall.jackson@nrel.gov

Participants in the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP) will receive technical support and/or funding to design or deploy a microgrid that aligns with community-defined priorities to improve or to optimize existing microgrid technology.

C-MAP offers four different topic areas that provide funding and other resources to meet key stages of development:

• Regional microgrid community operations assistance
• Regional microgrid community development assistance
• Microgrid development
• Microgrid transformation

Eligible applicants include nonprofits, state and local governments, and federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Applicants must be from or directly represent specific underserved and indigenous communities in remote, rural, and islanded regions of Alaska, Hawaii, and tribal lands in the west and midwest and benefit at least one area with a population of 10,000 or less.

Project amounts and timelines are:

• Regional microgrid community operations assistance:
  • Amount: $200,000 base, $75,000 per community with a maximum award of $650,000
  • Project period: 24 months
• Regional microgrid community development assistance:
  • Amount: $300,000 plus $50,000 per community with a maximum award of $550,000
  • Project period: 24 months
• Microgrid development:
  • Amount: up to $300,000
  • Project period: 22 months
• Microgrid transformation:
  • Amount: up to $400,000
  • Project period: 18 months

Links to additional guidance and application instructions are available on the program website.

Email the completed application to kyndall.jackson@nrel.gov. Contact to confirm eligibility prior to submission.