2021 grant awardees

• Department of Labor & Industries – $3,348,261
  For lighting and controls at the headquarters building to augment cooling system upgrades and increase energy efficiency reducing operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Department of Transportation – $139,406
  For the Forest Learning Center at Toutle, to increase quality and efficiency of new heat pumps providing increased energy and operational savings.
• Department of Transportation – $624,731
  For 14 radio sites around the state, to add heat pumps and cooling for increased ability to maintain effective operating conditions for monitoring equipment.

2021 RFA and parameters

• SPI Grants 2021 Download the Amended Request for Applications (Word)
• SPI Grant Q&A (Updated Oct. 21, 2021) (PDF)

Eligible applicants

Applicants must be a state agency named by the State Efficiency and Environmental Performance (SEEP) office Executive Order 20-01.

Eligible projects

• An eligible project starts with currently funded minor works, stand-alone, or emergency repair projects at facilities owned by an eligible agency. The project must repair or replace existing building systems, such as HVAC, lighting, insulation, windows or other mechanical systems. This is the “baseline project.”
• Applicants will propose an improvement to the baseline project that increases energy efficiency and environmental performance. This is the “alternative project.” The grant will fund the increased costs of the alternative project over the baseline project. The award cannot be more than twice the total baseline project cost.
• Additionally, if the project installs heating devices or equipment, the project must, whenever possible and most cost-effective, select devices and systems that do not use fossil fuels.
• Agencies may request a pre-application consultation to discuss their project.

Timeline

Agencies may submit an application at any time. Applicants may choose to submit a Phase I application for review, or a Phase I and Phase II application simultaneously. Commerce will award funds to projects that meet the minimum qualifications and award criteria listed in the RFA. We will make awards in the order that we receive Phase II applications, until we have awarded all funding or the application deadline has passed.

Emergency Repair Projects

Projects that receive OFM Emergency Repair Pool Funding will receive an expedited review process.

Send questions to energyretrofits@commerce.wa.gov. Phone calls will not be accepted.