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Local Government Efficiency Grant Program

This program provides technical assistance and competitive grants to local governments for the development of projects that will achieve savings and improve municipal efficiency through shared services, cooperative agreements, mergers, consolidations, and dissolutions.

Eligible Recipients:
Municipalities, including BOCES, water & wastewater districts.

Eligible Projects:

  • Government reorganization
  • General government projects
  • Sanitation projects
  • Utility projects
  • Transportation projects
  • Public Safety projects
  • Education projects
  • Water projects

Funding Source:
NYS Department of State

Funding Amount:
Two Options:

  1. Project Implementation: Funding up to $1,000,000 with 10% match
  2. Project Planning: Funding up to $50,000 with 50% match

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
Kyle Wilber
NYS Department of State
Local Government Services
One Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12231
518-473-3355
LGEprogram@dos.state.ny.us

More Information:
www.dos.ny.gov/lg/lge/index.html

Renewable Heat NY Residential and Small Commercial Biomass Boiler Program

NYSERDA has made financial incentives available to install high-efficient and low-emissions approved wood pellet boilers and advanced cordwood boilers with thermal storage for qualified residential and commercial customers. The goal of the program is to better commercialize the new wood heating industry.

Eligible Recipients:
The program is open to all New York State residents without access to natural gas service. Costumers must use an eligible installer/contractor approved by NYSERDA to have access to the incentives.

Eligible Projects:
The installation of approved wood pellet boilers and advanced cordwood boilers with thermal storage and an output of 300,000 Btu/hr or less.

Funding Source:
NYSERDA

Funding Amount:
Varies based on size and type of boiler

Deadline:
December 31, 2021 or until funds are fully exhausted.

Contact:
NYSERDA
17 Columbia Cir.
Albany, NY 12203
518-862-1090 ext. 3267
866-NYSERDA
Fax: 518-862-1091

More Information:
http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Funding-Opportunities/Current-Funding-Opportunities/PON-3010-Renewable-Heat-NY-Biomass-Boiler-Program

NY-Sun Commercial/Industrial Incentive Program

The NY-Sun Commercial/Industrial Incentive Program offers performance-based incentives that are available through NYSERDA for the installation of new grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems greater than 200 kW that offset the use of grid-supplied electricity.

Eligible Recipients:
Commercial and industrial entities that install systems greater than 200 kW through the use of an eligible contractor that has sent a completed and signed PV Installer/Contractor Application package to NYSERDA.

Eligible Projects:
Eligible projects include the installation of a new grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system that is greater than 200 kW that offset the use of grid-supplied electricity.

Funding Source:
NYSERDA

Funding Amount:
Varies based on PV generation capacity.

Deadline:
December 29, 2023 or until funds are fully exhausted.

Contact:
NYSERDA
518-862-1090
866-NYSERDA
Fax: 518-862-1091
17 Columbia Cir.
Albany, NY 12203
Commercial.IndustrialPV@nyserda.ny.gov

More Information:
http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Funding-Opportunities/Current-Funding-Opportunities/PON-3082-NY-Sun-Commercial-Industrial-Incentive-Program

FlexTech Program

FlexTech’s goal is to increase productivity and economic competitiveness of participating facilities by identifying and encouraging the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency, carbon reduction measures, peak-load curtailment, and combined heat & power (CHP) and renewable generation projects.

Eligible Recipients:
NYS industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities; state and local governments, not-for-profit and private institutions; public and private K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and health care facilities.

Facilities must pay into the System Benefits Charge as electricity distribution customers of one of the following utilities:

  • Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp          
  • Consolidated Edison
  • New York State Electric & Gas Corp
  • National Grid
  • Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
  • Rochester Gas and Electric Co.

Eligible Projects:

  • General Energy Feasibility Studies and Technical Support
  • Peak-Load Reduction and Load Management
  • Industrial and Process Efficiency Analysis
  • Data Center Efficiency Analysis
  • Energy Procurement Strategies
  • Energy Efficiency Retro-Commissioning
  • Long-Term Energy and Carbon Management
  • CHP & Renewable Generation Project Classifications
  • Peak-Load Curtailment Plans

Funding Source:
NYSERDA

Funding Amount:
Varies
Match up to $250,000

Deadline:
Continuous

Contact:
NYSERDA
Sheila Mahoney
518-862-1090 ext. 3630

NYSERDA
518-862-1090
866-NYSERDA
Fax: 518-862-1091
17 Columbia Cir.
Albany, NY 12203
FlexTech@nyserda.ny.gov

More Information:
https://portal.nyserda.ny.gov/CORE_Solicitation_Detail_Page?SolicitationId=a0rt0000000QobJAAS

NY-Sun Solar Electric Incentive Program

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provides cash incentives for the installation by Eligible Installers/Contractors of new grid-connected Electric Photovoltaic (PV) systems that are 25kW or less for residential, and 200 kW or less for non-residential sites. Funding for the NY-Sun Incentive Program has been allocated by the New York State Renewable Portfolio Standard and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Incentives will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Eligible Recipients:
Incentives are available to electricity distribution customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, National Grid, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation who contribute to the Renewable Portfolio Standard/System Benefits Charge (sometimes referred to as ‘RPS’/‘SBC’ on utility electric bills).

Eligible Projects:
Incentives are capped based on a PV System size that does not exceed 110% of the total kWh consumption for the previous 12 months of electric usage. For New Construction, systems must be sized not to exceed 110% of the estimated demand based on estimated load.

Funding Source:
NYSERDA

Funding Amount:
Varies

Deadline:
December 31, 2023, or until funds are fully committed.

Contact:
NYSERDA
Frank Mace
518-862-1090 ext. 3433

NYSERDA
518-862-1090
866-NYSERDA
Fax: 518-862-1091
17 Columbia Cir.
Albany, NY 12203
www.nyserda.ny.gov/

More Information:
www.nyserda.ny.gov/Funding-Opportunities/Current-Funding-Opportunities/PON-2112-Solar-PV-Program-Financial-Incentives.aspx

Forest Legacy Program – Northeast

The Forest Legacy Program is a partnership between States and the USDA Forest Service to identify and help conserve environmentally important forests from conversion to nonforest uses. The main tool used for protecting these important forests is conservation easements.

Eligible Recipients:
Landowners with property which lies partially or entirely within a designated Forest Legacy Area.

Eligible Projects:
Participation in the program is entirely voluntary. The primary method of protection is with conservation easements in which landowners sell a portion of the property rights and retain ownership of the land. The use of conservation easements allows the land to remain in private ownership and ensures that important public values such as wildlife habitat, natural areas, forest resources, and outdoor recreation opportunities are protected. Participating landowners may prefer to sell the property outright in which case the land would be owned by the State and managed as State Forest land.

Funding Source:
USDA Forest Service, NYSDEC, local and private sources

Funding Amount:
Varies

Matching Requirements:
Federal Funding: 75%
State, Local or Private Funding: 25%

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Lands and Forests
625 Broadway, 5th Fl.
Albany, NY 12233
518-402-9405
Fax: 518-402-9028
lflands@gw.dec.state.ny.us

More Information:
www.dec.ny.gov/lands/63117.html

Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Consolidating Funding Application (CFA)

The Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) is dedicating $17.2 million to trials, parks, and historic preservation and heritage area projects through the CFA. The CFA then provides this money to the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to be given directly to municipalities and not-for-profits to help fulfill the ideals of the OPRHP.

Eligible Recipients:
Municipalities and not-for-profits with an ownership interest

Eligible Projects:
The use of funds for eligible projects includes the acquisition, planning, development, and improvement of parks and historic properties. These properties must be listed on the National or State Registers of Historic Places and heritage areas identified in approved plans for statutorily designated Heritage Areas.

Funding Source:
New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation

Funding Amount:
Maximum of $500,000
50/50 Match required

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
Jean Egenhofer
Clark Reservation
State Park
6105 East Seneca Turnpike
Jamesville, NY 13078
315-492-3277
Fax: 315-492-1756

More Information:
http://www.nysparks.com/grants

New York Main Street Program

The purpose of the NYMS Program is to provide financial and technical resources to help communities with their efforts to preserve and revitalize mixed-use (commercial/civic and residential) main street/downtown business districts.

Eligible Applicants:
Eligible applicants must be a Unit of Local Government or an organization incorporated under the NYS Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, which includes community-based organizations, business improvement districts, and other similar entities that have been providing relevant service to the community for at least one year prior to application.

Eligible Projects:
The Project(s) must be located in an eligible target area. An eligible target area shall mean an area:

  • That has experienced sustained physical deterioration, decay, neglect, or disinvestment;
  • Has a number of substandard buildings or vacant residential or commercial
    units; and
  • In which more than fifty percent of the residents are persons of low income, or which is designated by a state or federal agency to be eligible for a community or economic development program.

Two activities are eligible for funding:

  1. Building Renovation: Matching grants to building owners for the renovation of mixed-use buildings.
  2. Streetscape Enhancement: Such as planting trees, installing street furniture and trash cans, providing appropriate signs, etc. and cannot be applied for on its own.

Funding Source:
New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation Office of Community Renewal

Funding Amount:
$50,000 to $250,000

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
Office of Community Renewal
Hampton Plaza
38-40 State St.
Albany, NY 12207
518-474-2057
Fax: 518-474-5247
MainStreet@nyshcr.org

More Information:
www.nyshcr.org/Programs/NYMainStreet/

Community Development Block Grants

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Beginning in 1974, the CDBG program is one of the longest continuously run programs at HUD. The CDBG program provides annual grants on a formula basis to 1209 general units of local government and States.

The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. CDBG is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities.

Eligible Recipients:
New York State cities, towns, and villages with a population under 50,000, and counties with an un-incorporated population under 200,000.

Eligible Projects:
Over a 1, 2, or 3-year period, as selected by the grantee, not less than 70 percent of CDBG funds must be used for activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons. In addition, each activity must meet one of the following national objectives for the program: benefit low- and moderate-income persons, prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or address community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available.

Funding Source:
New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation – Office of Community Renewal

Funding Amount:
$100,000 to $750,000

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
Office of Community Renewal
Hampton Plaza
38-40 State St.
9th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
518-474-2057
Fax: 518-474-5247
HCRinfo@nyshcr.org

More Information:
www.nyshcr.org/Programs/NYS-CDBG/

 

Environmental Restoration Program

The NYS DEC has reinstated the Environmental Restoration Program to help municipalities investigate and remediate brownfield sites. After remediation, these sites will be able to be better utilized for commercial, industrial, residential or public use.

Eligible Recipients:
Municipalities

Eligible Projects:
Grants will be provided to assist with project costs when investigating and remediating brownfield sites.

Funding Source:
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Funding Amount:
Varies. Funding covers 90% of on-site and 100% of off-site eligible project costs.

Deadline:
Recurring

Contact:
NYSDEC
Division of Materials Management
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233
518-402-8678
derweb@dec.ny.gov

More Information:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8444.html