Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6539

The Community Energy Upgrades Fund will deliver $100 million over 2 funding rounds and will run over 3 years from 2024-25. The program will co-fund energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for local governments to deliver reduced energy bills and emissions from local government owned and/or operated facilities. The program will contribute to Australia meeting its emission reduction targets of 43 percent by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, and support 82% renewable electricity generation by 2030. It will also support the Commonwealth-led National Energy Performance Strategy (NEPS).

The objectives of the program are to support:

• the Government’s broader efforts to reduce emissions and improve energy performance and contribute to Australia meeting its emission reduction targets of 43 percent by 2030, Net-Zero emissions by 2050 and 82% renewable electricity generation by 2030
• local governments to decarbonise their operations and reduce energy bills through energy efficiency and load flexibility upgrades and electrification of their facilities
• the improvement in energy performance necessary to utilise renewable electricity more easily and improve system reliability.

The intended outcomes of the program are:

• reduced energy bills and emissions from local government owned and/or operated facilities
• installed energy efficiency, load flexibility and electrification technology that is commercially available
• improved capability of local governments and the wider community to implement energy upgrades and electrification projects in their facilities
• increased capacity of domestic supply chains and labour force to support significant future investment in energy efficiency upgrades
• improved workforce skills in delivering and operating energy transition projects.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)

and are one of the following entities:

• a Local Government Body
• a Joint Local Government Body (as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines).

You can’t apply if:

• you or a member of your Project Partnership are not a Local Government Body or Joint Local Government Body
• your organisation, or your project partner is an organisation included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified intent to join the Scheme
• you employ 100 or more employees and have not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• your organisation is not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project. All parties within the joint application must be an eligible entity. For further information on joint applications, refer to section 7.2 of the grant opportunity guidelines. The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules outlined in the grant agreement.

$50,000,000.00

From $25,000.00 to $2,500,000.00

To apply, go to https://business.gov.au/ceuf1

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