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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Pennsylvania Energy Development
Authority to Receive over $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering
Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Pennsylvania
EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition
to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the
President’s Investing in America agenda
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Pennsylvania Energy Development
Authority to Receive over $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering
Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Pennsylvania 
EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition
to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the
President’s Investing in America agenda 
PHILADELPHIA (April 22, 2024) – Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration
celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced
Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority has been selected to receive over
$156 million through the Solar for All grant competition to develop
long-lasting?solar programs that enable low-income and disadvantaged
communities to deploy?and benefit from distributed residential?solar. This
award is part of the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which
was created under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to lower energy
costs for families, create good-quality jobs in communities that have been
left behind, advance environmental justice, and tackle the climate crisis. 
In Pennsylvania, $159 million will be awarded to the Pennsylvania Energy
Development Authority as the lead applicant of a two-member coalition that
includes the Philadelphia Green Capital Corporation, the non-profit green bank
affiliate of the Philadelphia Energy Authority. The award will provide
residential solar technology, associated storage, and enable upgrades to
households in low-income and disadvantaged communities throughout
Pennsylvania.? 
“Today we’re delivering on President Biden’s promise that no community
is left behind by investing $7 billion in solar energy projects for over
900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged communities,” said EPA
Administrator Michael S. Regan. “The selectees will advance solar energy
initiatives across the country, creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying
jobs, saving $8 billion in energy costs for families, delivering cleaner air,
and combating climate change.” 
“The health and economic benefits of renewable energy should be accessible
to every community” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz.
“With today’s announcement, the Biden-Harris administration is investing
almost $700,000,000 across the mid-Atlantic, enabling low-income and
disadvantaged communities to make the transition to clean and affordable
energy, while also reducing our impact on the world’s climate.” 
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority is among 49 state-level awards
EPA announced today totaling approximately $5.5 billion, along with six awards
to serve Tribes totaling over $500 million, and five multistate awards
totaling approximately $1 billion. 
A complete list of the selected applicants can be found on EPA’s Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund Solar for All website:
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The Solar for All program also advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative, which set the goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain
federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other
investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by
underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. All of the funds awarded
through the Solar for All program will be invested in low-income and
disadvantaged communities. The program will also help meet the President’s
goal of achieving a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net-zero
emissions economy by no later than 2050. 
EPA estimates that the 60 Solar for All recipients will enable over 900,000
households in low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit
from distributed solar energy. This $7 billion investment will generate over
$350 million in annual savings on electric bills for overburdened households.
The program will reduce 30 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
emissions cumulatively, from over four gigawatts of solar energy capacity
unlocked for low-income communities over five years. Solar and distributed
energy resources help improve electric grid reliability and climate
resilience, which is especially important in disadvantaged communities that
have long been underserved.  
Solar for All will deliver on the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment
to creating high-quality jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union
for workers across the United States. This $7 billion investment in clean
energy will generate an estimated 200,000 jobs across the country. All
selected applicants intend to invest in local, clean energy workforce
development programs to expand equitable pathways into family-sustaining jobs
for the communities they are designed to serve. At least 35% of selected
applicants have already engaged local or national unions, demonstrating how
these programs will contribute to the foundation of a clean energy economy
built on strong labor standards and inclusive economic opportunity for all
American communities.  
The Solar for All program also advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative, which set the goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain
federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other
investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by
underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. All of the funds awarded
through the Solar For All program will be invested in low-income and
disadvantaged communities. The program will also help meet the President’s
goal of achieving a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and net-zero
emissions economy by no later than 2050. 
The 60 selected applicants have committed to delivering on the three
objectives of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: reducing climate and air
pollution; delivering benefits to low-income and disadvantaged communities;
and mobilizing financing to spur additional deployment of affordable solar
energy. Solar for All selected applicants are expanding existing low-income
solar programs and launching new programs. In at least 25 states and
territories nationwide, Solar for All is launching new programs where there
has never been a substantial low-income solar program before. In these
geographies, Solar for All selected applicants will open new markets for
distributed solar by funding new programs that provide grants and low-cost
financing for low-income, residential solar.? 
Review and Selection Process Information 
The 60 applicants selected for funding were chosen through a competition
review process. This multi-stage process included review from hundreds of
experts in climate, power markets, environmental justice, labor, and consumer
protection from EPA, Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban
Affairs, Department of Treasury, Department of Agriculture, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Labor, Department of Defense,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Department of Energy’s
National Labs – all screened through ethics and conflict of interest checks
and trained on the program requirements and evaluation criteria. Applications
were scored and selected through dozens of review panels and an interagency
senior review team.  
EPA anticipates that awards to the selected applicants will be finalized in
the summer of 2024, and selected applicants will begin funding projects
through existing programs and begin expansive community outreach programs to
launch new programs in the fall and winter of this year. Selections are
contingent on the resolution of all administrative disputes related to the
competitions. 
Informational Webinars 
EPA will host informational webinars as part of the program’s commitment to
public transparency. EPA has scheduled a public webinar for the Solar for All
program, and registration details are included below. Information on other
GGRF webinars can be found on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Engagement
Opportunities webpage. 
Solar for All webinar: Monday, April 29, 2024, 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET. Register
for the April 29 meeting 
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