High Efficiency Electric Heating and Appliances Grant Program
Funding for energy efficient heating and appliances for community-scaled projects.
Funding Overview:
Type: Grant
For: Public & Private entities
Amount: $10.85 million (total fund)
Match: 15 - 50% match required, depending on disproportionately impacted, low-income, or just transition status
Program Length: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2026
RFA rounds: Applications are currently closed. CEO will open additional application rounds if funding is still available after making awards.
Buildings are among the top five leading contributors of greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado. The Colorado Energy Office provides funding opportunities to reduce emissions from the building sector. The High-Efficiency Electric Heating & Appliances (HEEHA) grant supports community efforts to switch to high efficiency electric heat and appliances. To qualify as a community-scale project, the project must serve at least five homes or housing units, or at least three businesses or building units.
For more information about the grant opportunity, please contact brittney.vancuran@state.co.us.
Eligible Applicants
The grant supports community-scale electrification projects. The following are examples of eligible applicants:
- Local Governments
- Tribal Governments
- Institutions of Higher Education
- Utilities
- Private and Non-profit Organizations
- Housing Developers
- Businesses
- Apartment and condominium complexes
- Homeowners associations (HOAs)
Please Note: An eligible entity may still apply even if they have received grant funding from a separate State program.
Enhanced Incentives
Enhanced incentives are also available for the following applicants:
- Disproportionately Impacted Communities (DI)
- Low-Income (LI)
- Just Transition (JT)
To determine if your community qualifies for the enhanced incentive, use the Community Identification Resource.
Eligible Project Types
Proposed community-scale electrification projects must impact at least 5 residential units or 3 business tenants/units to be eligible. Grantees may use money received through the high efficiency electric heat and appliances program for the following purposes:
- the purchase and installation of high-efficiency electric equipment for space heating, drying, water heating, or cooking
- the purchase of electrical installations and upgrades necessary to support the installation of high-efficiency electric equipment
- the purchase and installation of other innovative building heating technologies that will likely achieve equal or lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions
- the costs of energy audits or analyses to identify electrification opportunities, estimate proposed project costs, and obtain other technical information necessary to support electrification projects.
Applicants from disproportionately impacted, low-income, or just transition communities are eligible for additional cost coverage for administrative expenses. To learn if your community qualifies as DI/LI/JT, please consult the Community Identification Resource.
How It Works
CEO is not currently accepting applications for this program. Application materials from previous funding rounds are available for reference below
Download and review all the Application Materials
Contact Brittney VanCuran, who will create and share a designated folder to which your completed application can be uploaded.
An evaluation committee will review and score applications based on predefined selection criteria.
CEO will distribute funding as reimbursement for eligible project costs upon completion of projects.
Only costs incurred after executing a purchase order or contract with the Colorado Energy Office will be reimbursed.
Additional Resources
All information related to this grant, including award amounts, is in the Program Guidelines.
