On September 8, 2025, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced the opening of the annual application window for the Electrifying Community Buildings Program, a statewide competitive program that aims to improve energy efficiency, cut operating costs, and reduce emissions of existing, community-serving buildings. During this funding cycle, approximately $6.8 million will be made available for eligible applicants, such as K-12 private schools, hospitals, non-profit organizations, libraries, and museums, to electrify and replace their current fossil fuel-powered equipment. Electrification technologies like heat pumps, water heaters, and ENERGY STAR appliances, enabling upgrades like new wiring or system controls, and weatherization improvements are all eligible for program funding.
Last year, the program awarded a total of $6.8 million across 12 separate grants to fund the following building electrification projects:
- Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Montgomery County ($794,685)
- Gethsemane United Methodist Church, Prince George’s County ($351,795)
- Harford Day School, Inc., Harford County ($220,000)
- Howard County Government, Howard County ($1,848,500)
- Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Baltimore City ($363,634)
- Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Montgomery County ($200,000)
- Mr. Lebanon Baptist Church, Baltimore County ($112,781)
- Poe Baltimore, Inc., Baltimore City ($572,840)
- St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore City ($145,640)
- St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Montgomery County ($561,906.50)
- Shady Side Community Center, Inc., Anne Arundel County ($125,000)
- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore County ($1,478,950)
The program is part of a larger commitment made by the Moore-Miller Administration to allocate $90 million in Strategic Energy Investment Funds to advance the implementation of the Climate Solutions Now Act and Maryland Department of Environment’s Climate Plan. Of this $90 million, $50 million has been devoted to programs, such as the Electrifying Community Buildings Program, to electrify hospitals, schools, multifamily housing, and other community-serving buildings.
For more information on the program, such as the funding opportunity announcement, application resources, and other details, visit the Electrifying Community Buildings Program website.