The Department of Environmental Protection now has available some guidance on how to apply for the RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program with an anticipated application period opening in early 2025.

DEP was awarded $396 million in funding from the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act.

DEP’s RISE PA Program will offer grants for small-, medium-, and large-scale decarbonization projects at industrial facilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and co-pollutant emissions.

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

Small industrial facilities will be eligible for a grant of up to $400,000; medium facilities up to $20 million and large facilities up to $220 million.

Projects submitted across all award tracks may be eligible to receive bonus award allocations if they meet certain additional criteria, including for community benefits.

Click Here for an applicant fact sheet summarizing the program.

Click Here for a general fact sheet for the public.

Applicant Guidance Small Facilities

The Penn State Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) is responsible for administering the RISE PA grants for small industrial facilities.

More information about the small facility RISE PA grants will be posted on the PennTAP website.

Applicant Guidance - Medium & Large Facilities

DEP has made available Guidance for Medium and Large Industrial Facility Applicants on how to apply for RISE PA grants

Visit DEP’s RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program webpage for more information as it is posted.  Questions should be directed to: RA-EP-CPRG@pa.gov.

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website, Report Emergencies, Submit Environmental Complaints; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice; visit DEP’s Blog,  Like DEP on Facebook, Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

[Note: Funding for this program may be in doubt.  The incoming Republican Administration has promised to rescind any “unspent” funds under the federal Inflation Reduction Act which was called “the green new scam.”  Read more here.]

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