The Washington State Department of Commerce is now accepting applications for its clean energy projects that modernize the electric grid, enhance community resilience, and promote solar energy deployment.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/04/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Commerce will prioritize “construction-ready” projects that are prepared to begin work immediately and complete construction by June 2027. Commerce will also prioritize projects that deliver benefits to or conduct meaningful community engagement with vulnerable populations and overburdened communities, including tribes.
Funding Information
- Approximately $32 million is available to public and private entities.
- Awards will range from $50,000 to $2,500,000.
Eligible Projects
- Project activities include:
- Deployment, installation, or construction of clean energy technologies
- Facility improvements to enable clean energy deployment
- Pre-development studies, siting and permitting, assessments, and analysis
- Community engagement, education, and outreach
- Emergency energy planning and resilience upgrades
- Workforce development.
- Project technology examples include:
- Solar
- Energy storage
- Grid resilience
- Wind
- Biomass
- Renewable hydrogen
- Geothermal
- Other technology that uses renewable resources to enhance Washington’s clean energy economy.
Eligibility Criteria
- Consumer-owned retail electric utilities
- For-profit entity
- Investor-owned retail electric utilities
- Local government
- Nonprofit organization
- Research institution
- State agency
- Tribal government
- Tribes’ contracted service provider.
For more information, visit WSDC.
