Eligible: Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies, Tribes
Apply by Jul 2, 2026
Apply now$200,000 - $575,000
C-MAP provides direct funding, access to technical experts, and educational resources to energy providers and partners to build, operate, and enhance microgrid systems that improve the affordability, reliability, and security of electricity in rural and remote areas of the U.S.
Grant
2026 Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP)
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity
Federal
$3,500,000
8
$200,000 - $575,000
Active
Local Government, Nonprofits, State Agencies, Tribes
Buildings & Infrastructure, Climate, Environmental Justice, Resilience
Equipment Purchase, Planning, Program Management
• Non-profit entities, including energy cooperatives.
• State and local governmental entities.
• Any federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and villages, inclusive of any Alaska Native village or regional corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
The 2026 C-MAP aims to support rural and remote communities to:
• Develop and implement multi-community support efforts to better support or develop advanced microgrid energy systems
• Develop detailed engineering designs and financial assessments in support of developing advanced microgrid systems
• Expand collaboration between energy providers and large load energy users to expand industrial development in rural areas.
• Assess and improve the operation of existing microgrid energy systems.
This project is not expected to fund the implementation of new or highly improved energy systems but will support communities in the development of the materials needed and skills to
successfully obtain funding from other sources to implement such projects.
National
No
Technical questions must be received in writing no later than 5/28/2026
The 2026 Community Microgrid Development Partnership Awards consist of 5 topic areas:
1. Regional Microgrid Coordination: To help energy service providers from multiple communities collaborate to improve the operations of, or development opportunities for, separate microgrid power systems for their independent communities.
2. Microgrid Integration with Large Load Energy Consumers: To support collaboration between utilities operating community microgrids and adjacent large load energy consumers which operate, or plan to operate, independent power systems.
3. Microgrid Development: To assist individual communities with completing detailed design efforts for a new, or major retrofit of an existing, microgrid power system.
4. Microgrid Transformation: To equip individual communities to assess, design, and implement innovative microgrid improvements to operational microgrid systems.
5. Microgrid Assessment for Industrial or other Large Load Energy Consumers: To assist individual large energy consumers to develop or advance microgrid systems, expanding energy availability while lowering costs.
Unspecified
Jul 2, 2026
May 12, 2026
Kyndall Jackson, kyndall.jackson@nlr.gov
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