BREAKING: Announced Investments

In order to keep you up to date with any announced investments as well as funding opportunities and opportunities for public comment, we will be maintaining this page.  Send us any Climate Commitment Act investment developments we may have missed!

Other Maps

A map of the proposed Climate Commitment Act from six programs run by the Recreation and Conservation Office can be viewed here.

Investment Announcements

These investments hare not yet on the map, but will be soon!

• Spring 2024 Sustainable Farms and Fields Funding: In this round of funding, $1,702,441 of funding was allocated to support 36 projects at 16 Washington conservation districts.
• Tribal Clean Energy Grant Program: “$7.5 million in grants to five tribes in Washington to plan, design and build clean energy projects.”
• Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate Program: “$39,575,225 in grants to cities, counties, municipal utilities, and state and federally recognized tribes to support electrification of homes and businesses…Commerce received 35 applications for this funding, requesting over $82 million. Funds were distributed with a focus on helping to meet the state’s equity and environmental justice goals. Eligible requests were scored through a formula based on data from the Washington State Environmental Health Disparities map, U.S. Department of Energy Low-Income Energy Affordability Data, and U.S. Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.”
• Community Decarbonization: “$72.6 million for 71 grants for community clean energy projects across Washington that advance environmental justice and equity. The funding will benefit communities in 24 of Washington’s 39 counties through solar projects, hydrogen fueling, electricity microgrids and more.”
• Coming in July, Round 3 General solicitation for clean energy projects: “Approximately $34 million is available to support planning, design and construction of clean energy projects through a general round which is open to eligible project types and applicants for all funding areas.”  Applications closed June 14th.
• Coming in July: Washington Coast Restoration and Resiliency Initiative. Final Applications due early June, grants awarded early July.
• Applications submitted in early May. Brian Abbott Fish Barrier Removal Board.  List sent to legislature in August, final awards July 2025 for 2025-27 Biennium Budget.
• Preliminary Investment plan in Fall 2024, funding grants available July 2025 (2025-27 Biennium). Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program. Final applications submitted for sub-programs in May and June.

Applications Open

• CLOSING SOON! Riparian Grant Program: Next Round of Applications due by 5 PM June 21st.
• July 19th: Tribal clean energy grants — Summer review deadline coming soon: The solicitation is ongoing until funds are exhausted. The next application review deadline is 12 p.m. July 19.
• Washington State Clean Diesel Program: Ecology’s Zero Emission School Bus Grant Program 2023-2025: Applications open May 15 – August 15.
• Sustainable Farms & Fields: Climate-Smart Livestock: A second round of funding is now open for applied research and demonstration projects that will result in increased adoption of climate-smart livestock management practices and/or improved accounting of the impacts of climate-smart livestock management practices in agricultural settings in Washington.
• Salmon Recovery and Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration including separate tracks for a new Riparian Grant Program and the Targeted Investments Grant Round Request for Proposals (Applications due June 24, Grants awarded late September)
• Family Forest Fish Passage Program.  Applications for 2025 funding due by end of year.
• Community Forests Program. Board approves ranked list in late October.

Comments Open

• Climate Commitment Act Funds Reporting: Public comments open through June 28th.
• Washington State Rural Clean Energy Study – online comments open.
• Washington’s Climate Resilience Strategy – Public Comment Period – Virtual listening sessions June 20, June 26, and July 2.  Public comment period closes end of day July 11th.
• Cap-and-Invest linkage rulemaking: public meeting on July 10 and comment period: Ecology is holding public meetings starting on July 10, 2024 to share information and gather input on the Cap-and-Invest linkage rulemaking.  WRITTEN FEEDBACK open through September 27, 2024.
• Air Quality Community Grants.  Webinar Presentations available, online comment submission open through June 26.
• COMMENTS RECENTLY CLOSED: Landfill methane emissions reduction grants