State Energy Program (SEP) PY 2010 Formula Award Funding Opportunity Announcement | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The State Energy Program (SEP) PY 2010 Formula Award Funding Opportunity Announcement (Funding Opportunity Number DE FOA 0000308) is a U.S. Department of Energy grant opportunity intended to fund state-led renewable energy and energy efficiency work. Administered through the National Energy Technology Laboratory, this program is structured to give state energy offices in every U.S. state and territory the resources to plan, design, and run their own energy programs based on local needs, rather than requiring a one-size-fits-all national project model. The core idea is to help states move forward on their highest-priority energy challenges while also accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies in energy efficiency and renewable energy.

This opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a grant as the funding instrument. DOE anticipated making 56 awards, reflecting broad coverage across states and U.S. territories. The estimated total funding available under this announcement was $25,000,000. The program is tied to CFDA 81.041 (State Energy Program), which is the federal assistance listing associated with SEP funding and is commonly used by state energy offices to support policy implementation, program delivery, and market adoption efforts across efficiency and renewables.

Eligibility is limited to state governments, which in practice means state energy offices or the designated state entities responsible for administering SEP funds. The program explicitly requires cost sharing or matching, so recipients are expected to contribute non-federal resources toward the supported activities. While the specific match ratio and allowable sources are typically spelled out in the full announcement, the key takeaway is that applicants needed to plan for a required recipient contribution as part of the total project budget.

From a programmatic standpoint, SEP formula awards are meant to be flexible and state-driven. Funds can be used to support activities that improve energy efficiency, increase renewable energy deployment, and strengthen state capacity to implement energy initiatives. The announcement emphasizes that states may use the funding to address their own energy priorities, which can include efforts such as developing or expanding energy efficiency programs, supporting renewable energy planning and adoption, improving energy-related policies and market readiness, and deploying or encouraging emerging technologies that reduce energy use or increase clean generation. The focus is not only on immediate project outputs, but also on enabling longer-term adoption by building programs and infrastructure that help technologies and best practices spread.

Timing and administrative details are also clearly defined in the notice. The opportunity was posted and created on March 26, 2010, with an original and current closing date of August 31, 2010. Interested applicants were directed to FedConnect for additional information and access to the full announcement materials. For applicants who had trouble accessing the announcement electronically, DOE provided a direct point of contact: Sheldon E. Funk, Contract Specialist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, reachable at (304) 285-0204 and by email at sheldon.funk@netl.doe.gov.

In practical terms, this FOA represents a mid-sized federal funding tranche designed to support state and territorial energy offices as the primary delivery partners for efficiency and renewable energy efforts. It combines broad geographic reach (56 expected awards), an emphasis on state choice and priorities, and a requirement that states put matching resources on the table, aiming to leverage federal dollars to produce durable, locally tailored energy improvements.

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