Workforce Access to Renewable Energy in Indiana

GrantID: 43283

Grant Funding Amount Low: $25,000

Deadline: Ongoing

Grant Amount High: $500,000

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If you are located in Indiana and working in the area of Environment, this funding opportunity may be a good fit. For more relevant grant options that support your work and priorities, visit The Grant Portal and use the Search Grant tool to find opportunities.

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Grant Overview

Indiana's manufacturing and agricultural workforce composition produces specific readiness shortfalls in delivering renewable energy access to low-income households. With 18 percent of households below 200 percent of the federal poverty line concentrated in former auto-parts counties, utility data show average residential electricity burdens exceeding 8 percent of income in 14 rural electric cooperative territories.

Workforce constraints include a shortage of NABCEP-certified installers relative to the number of manufactured-home parks in Grant and Delaware counties. State licensing records indicate fewer than 40 active contractors qualified for low-income solar-plus-storage projects statewide.

Infrastructure limitations center on aging single-phase distribution lines in southern Indiana counties that require upgrades before net-metering thresholds can be met. Funding requires applicants to submit interconnection feasibility studies from the relevant investor-owned utility or cooperative.

Workforce-first evaluation criteria mandate that proposals include training partnerships with Ivy Tech Community College campuses and placement targets for graduates into energy-efficiency contractor roles. Projects must report household energy-cost reductions using pre- and post-installation billing data aligned with Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission filing formats.

Indiana's flat terrain and legacy coal-plant retirements distinguish it from neighboring states; applications must therefore demonstrate how renewable systems will address both winter heating demand spikes and summer agricultural irrigation loads without relying on out-of-state transmission capacity.

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