Municipal Energy Resilience Program
MERP’s Municipal Building Energy Assessments are still underway as of July 2024. All site visits are expected to take place before the end of August. Project Implementation Grant applications are expected to open this summer and close in October, in time for awards to be issued before the end of 2024.
The Municipal Energy Resilience Program (MERP) is coming to a town near you! MERP is a $45,000,000, ARPA-funded state program that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from public buildings while helping towns save money on their utility bills. There are three separate funding opportunities available through MERP: Community Capacity-Building “Mini-Grants” of up to $4,000 each (this opportunity closed on 5.31.24), Municipal Building Energy Audits, and Project Implementation Grants of up to $500,000 each. MERP was established by Act 172 of 2022. Please follow this link for the full text of the statute.
For more information on program requirements and deadlines, please contact our MERP Coordinator Harry Falconer at [email protected].