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Energizing Insular Communities Program 2019

Agency: Department of the Interior

Assistance Listings
  • 15.875 -- Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is requesting proposals for its Energizing Insular Communities(EIC) Program, which provides grant funding for energy projects and strategies that reduce the cost of electricity to the territories and Freely Associated States (FAS). This program is intended to support the Department’s priority to utilize our natural resources by ensuring American Energy is available to meet security and economic needs. 

The focus of the 2019 EIC funding program is to implement priority actions identified in jurisdiction's strategic energy plan and/or energy action plan.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants are non-federal entities such as local government entities, independent authorities, and educational institutions located in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as the local government entities of the Freely Associated States of: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Grantor contact information

Description

Krystina B Alfano Grantor Phone 2022198536

Email

Work E-mail

krystina_alfano@ios.doi.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
FY_2019_EIC_Application_Instructions.pdf
FY 2019 EIC Application Instructions
May 30, 2019 07:35 PM UTC

Link to additional information

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Archived: August 30, 2019

Application process

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Award

$5,000,000

Program Funding

10

Expected awards

$150,000

Award Minimum

$5,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

EIC-2019

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Energy

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

May 30, 2019

Archive date:

August 30, 2019

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