Updates and Announcements

Last Updated: September 30, 2025

Investment and public comment news

In order to keep you up to date with any announced investments as well as funding opportunities and opportunities for public comment, we will be maintaining this page. Send us any Climate Commitment Act investment developments we may have missed!

Keep track of Clean Energy Federal Funding Opportunities

FundHubWA connects you to state and federal climate and clean energy funding opportunities to help improve your home, business, or community. We make it easy for you or your organization to find grants, tax incentives, and other funding opportunities that make Washington cleaner, healthier, and more resilient.

View funding opportunities at: https://fundhub.wa.gov/funding-opportunities/

Commerce unveils new resources to access clean energy funding:

Federal Clean Energy Tax Credit Assistance Program (CETCAP)
- Get personalized help to save money on clean energy projects
Federal Funds Grant Writing Assistance Program.
- Attend Moses Lake (October 6th registration) or Union Gap (October 9th registration) free federal grants workshops. More information here.

Commerce selects Guidehouse to administer IRA Home Rebate programs: These programs will provide rebates to low- and moderate-income homes for home improvements like energy efficiency and home electrification measures.

Home Appliance Rebate Program (HARP) $69 million: HARP provides consumers with rebates at the point of sale on a range of highly efficient electric equipment and electrification projects.
Whole Home Efficiency Rebate Program (HOMES) $64 million: HOMES provides rebates to homeowners for whole-house energy savings retrofits. Rebates vary by the amount of energy savings and income qualification.

Other Maps

CCA Dashboard: Climate Commitment Act projects, awards and appropriations is available on the state’s climate.wa.gov website.

Washington’s EV Charging Program Funding Dashboard

Climate Commitment Act investments from programs run by the Recreation and Conservation Office can be viewed here.

Ecology maintains a map of Washington’s Air Quality Monitoring Network as part of their Overburdened Communities Highly Impacted by Air Pollution initiative work.

Washington’s EV Mapping and Planning (EV-MAP) Tool (WSDOT).

The HEAL Act Budgets and Funding Dashboard was published by OFM in November 2024 with a substantial share of the tracked investments coming fom the Climate Commitment Act.

Federal maps include:

White House Investing In America map, including state factsheets – NO LONGER AVAILABLE;
Investments from EPA Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act;
Department of Energy’s Building America’s Clean Energy Future map

Investment Announcements

These investments are not yet on the map, but will be soon.

Recently Added to the Map

Commerce energizes communities with $41.1 million in Clean Energy Community Grant awards
Sandy Williams Connecting Communities Program awards over $15 million for active transportation improvements: Program grants help communities develop and build infrastructure that enable safer walking, biking and rolling along and across current and former state highways while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This spans everything from constructing sidewalks, bike paths and biking trails to developing community engagement processes. The program, now in its third year, prioritizes communities and tribes most affected by environmental health disparities and by barriers to opportunity.

Open Applications and Information Sessions

Apply now: Clean energy siting and permitting grants available: Commerce is accepting applications for $4.85 million in clean energy siting and permitting grants. Commerce is accepting applications for Clean Energy Siting and Permitting (CESP) grants to support local governments and tribes in improving the siting and permitting of clean energy development across Washington state. Complete Applications due before noon on October 9th.
Apply now: Grants available to strengthen Washington’s power grid: $17.5 million is available for grid resilience and reliability project funding for WA utilities. Commerce is accepting applications to support the construction of grid resilience and reliability projects for qualifying utilities throughout Washington state. Complete Applications due before noon on November 20th.
Request for Applications: Tribal Electric Boats Program: The Tribal Electric Boats Program (TEBP), funded by the Climate Commitment Act, is awarding $4,750,000 to tribes to support the electrification and hybridization of marine propulsion power for tribal fishing vessels, including boats for research and patrol activities. Grants include marine charging equipment needed to power the boats. (Applications are due by October 23, 2025, at 5 p.m.)

Anticipated Mapped Investments

Commerce awards $14 million for public building energy audits: The Energy Audit Incentive Program, funded by Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, granted $14,014,159.68 to support 299 Tier 1 public building owners statewide. The funds allowed building owners to contract with licensed energy auditing companies to perform ASHRAE Level 1, 2 or targeted Level 2 energy audits.
Northwest Seaport Alliance Launches Zero Emission Truck Incentive Program: Supported by a $6.2 million grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the project will deploy 19 zero emission trucks and install charging infrastructure. These efforts will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and diesel pollution in and around the state’s busiest ports. The project includes construction of a high-capacity charging site near SR-99. The facility will support up to 250 trucks per day with overnight parking for 70 vehicles. Groundbreaking will begin in fall 2025. The zero-emission drayage trucks are expected to begin operating in 2026.
Commerce invests over $23 million to improve grid infrastructure, increasing grid reliability for 18 communities
Programs from the Transportation Improvement Board, particularly within the Complete Streets and Active Transportation Programs.
Active Transportation Grant Programs, including Safe Routes to Schools, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Grant Program, and Sandy Williams Connecting Communities as guided by the 2025-27 Report to the Legislature.
Sustainable Farms & Fields: Climate-Smart Livestock: Funding awarded in Spring 2024 was announced in a December 2024 report to the Legislature. This includes projects under the Research & Demonstration and Alternative Manure Management programs.
Apply now (closed through February 11th): Grants to help local governments adopt automated solar permit software: “Commerce is now accepting applications to support cities and counties adopt automated permit processing software for residential solar. Grants of $20,000 or more will help building departments save time and money on permit review and accelerate solar installation at the local level. Commerce plans to award 28 grants totaling $570,000 to local governments to aid in adopting SolarAPP+.”
State’s first e-bike rebate program launched in April via WDOT press release: “A new program designed to make e-bikes more affordable to Washington residents will launch this spring. In April, the Washington State Department of Transportation and its vendor, APTIM, LLC, will launch the state’s first e-bike rebate program. The rebates will occur through point-of-sale discounts on e-bikes and associated safety equipment.”
Act now: Funding available for thermal energy pilot projects
Washington State Clean Diesel Program: Ecology’s Zero Emission School Bus Grant Program 2023-2025: Applications open May 15 – August 15. These should be tracked once they are finalized on the Ecology Grants and Loans map.
Riparian Grant Program: Rolling applications with the next deadline on August 4th, 2025.
Tribal consultation grants: Applications for the 2025-27 biennium were accepted between Feb 25 and May 15, 2025.
E-Bike Lending Library and Ownership Grant Program: The state legislature funded this grant program to help more people use e-bikes. Organizations receiving this grant can set up or continue administering e-bike libraries which provide a cost-free opportunity for people to try riding and integrating e-bikes into their lifestyles for a fixed period of time. Applications opened Aug. 15, 2025, and are available through Sept. 26, 2025.

Comments Open

Ecology to host public workshop on House Bill 1975 updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program (register to attend): This workshop will help Ecology frame key decision points to be addressed through the current rulemaking and invite feedback from interested parties. We will focus on HB 1975 amendments that direct Ecology to implement changes to the Cap-and-Invest Program.
Sign up for the public ZEVergreen dialogue session: “Ecology is holding informal dialogue sessions with industry, utilities, Tribal governments, environmental and community groups, and the public ahead of the next Legislative session to gather input on how Washington can continue to drive zero-emission vehicle adoption. We will also be holding a public session on October 27, 2025 (register here) to hear from the public on policy proposals and outcomes that advance transportation electrification in the state. As part of these dialogue sessions, we’re also accepting written comments from Sept.15 to Oct. 31, 2025 (submit comments here).”