Interested in being a Clean Energy Community?

Contact your CEC Coordinator today!

If you are part of the Southern Tier, you can find the contact information for your Coordinator below:

If you are not a part of the Southern Tier region, you can find your CEC Coordinator here.

Much like the last program, the CEC program is based on the completion of Action Items. By completing 4 action items, you will earn your municipality the designation of a Clean Energy Community. Many of the existing high-impact actions are retained, some are expanded, and some new actions have been added.

New to this round, completed action items will also earn municipalities points which can be used to earn grants.

There are now three ways for municipalities to earn funding!

Communities will earn a $5,000 award from becoming a designated CEC. If your municipality was active in the last round, but did not become designated, you are well on the way to funding! Your CEC Coordinator will work with you to complete your designation and get your community the $5,000 grant.

In addition, each Action Item earns a community points. Once a certain point threshold has been reached, the community will be eligible for additional funding. Actions you completed in the last round may count towards your point total for the current round of funding.

Finally, some Action Items will automatically earn grant funding once completed.