
Energy Programs
California’s energy sector—including use of electricity and natural gas—accounts for about half of the State’s near-term greenhouse gas emissions. In October 2015, the Governor signed Senate Bill 350, which requires the State to double building energy efficiency and increase renewable energy to 50 percent by 2030. California Climate Investments provide funding for energy efficiency and clean energy generation, reduced energy and water use through installation of more efficient appliances and replacement of agricultural equipment. Residential energy efficiency programs support low-income homeowners in disadvantaged communities to improve their homes through weatherization and appliance and solar installation projects.
Open and Upcoming Funding Opportunities for Energy Projects
Explore programs that are now accepting applications for grants, loans, incentives, and more
Incentives for the installation of behind-the-meter solar PV paired with energy storage or standalone storage systems for low-income customers. These systems increase individual customer resiliency, reduce the electrical grid’s net peak demand, reduce electric ratepayer costs, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and localized air pollution.
Offers rebates for publicly available, high-powered (150 kW or greater) DC fast chargers deployed at eligible site types within California.
Provides financial support to initiatives promoting direct air capture, which directly removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere from any location in California through physical processes, chemical processes, or both.
Provides financial incentives to eligible projects in California for the demonstration or scale-up of the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of clean hydrogen.
Provides reimbursement style grants to infrastructure projects in California that deploy zero-emission vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling in support of medium-duty and heavy-duty commercial fleets.
Grants to food processors to implement projects that reduce GHG emissions and onsite energy consumption.
TECH Clean California is a statewide initiative to accelerate the adoption of clean space and water heating technology across California homes in order to help California meet its goal of being carbon-neutral by 2045 and install 6 million heat pumps by 2030. TECH offers incentives, pilot activities, technical assistance, and training to address barriers associated with clean space and water heating technologies across California homes.
Promote the adoption of new low-GWP refrigerant technologies; recycling, recovery, reclamation, or destruction of high-GWP refrigerants services to achieve short- and long-term climate benefits, energy efficiency, and other co-benefits.
The California Air Resources Board provides funding to local air districts to offer vouchers or rebates to replace old, inefficient, and highly polluting residential wood stoves, inserts, and fireplaces used for primary space heating with cleaner, more efficient home heating devices.
Installation of energy efficiency measures and upgrades like solar PV and health and safety improvements for farmworker dwellings at no cost to residents.
Technical assistance and incentives for the installation of energy-efficiency measures and solar photovoltaics (PV) in low-income multifamily dwellings in disadvantaged and other communities.
Investments in Action: Funded Energy Projects
All Energy Programs
Learn about all past and present energy programs, including programs that are not actively receiving California Climate Investments funding.