Description
The California Energy Commission is offering up to $30 million in grant funding to California Native American tribes to retrofit tribal‑owned or tribal‑member‑owned residential buildings with energy‑efficient electric upgrades. Applicants can apply as an implementing tribe (direct grant) or as a non‑implementing tribe (services provided by a CEC‑selected third‑party implementer). Funding starts at a guaranteed $75,000 per tribe with tiered additional amounts based on housing stock size, and administrative costs are capped at 15 % of the award. Successful applicants must submit detailed scopes of work, budgets, and compliance documents through the ECAMS portal, and the award term is two years.
• Eligible applicants: Any California Native American tribe (federally or non‑federally recognized).
• Eligible properties: Single‑family, multifamily, or manufactured homes owned/managed by the tribe or tribal members, built before Jan 1 2020.
• Funding tiers: Base $75k plus up to $25k, $100k, $250k, or $500k depending on the number of homes; maximum possible award per tribe ≈ $575k.
• Deliverables: Detailed Scope of Work, Schedule of Products & Due Dates, monthly progress reports, invoices, CEQA compliance (Group 1), and data reporting via API or Excel.
• Key dates: Pre‑application workshop Oct 7 2026; questions due Oct 21 2026; final application deadline Feb 19 2027; award posting expected Mar 30 2027.