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Clean Energy Communities Re-Grant Program

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Rule status: Adopted

Agency: MOCEJ

Effective date: April 9, 2025

Proposed Rule Full Text
MOCEJ-Proposed-Rules-Relating-to-the-Clean-Energy-Communities-Re-Grant-Program-Preliminarily-Certified-1.14.25.pdf

Adopted Rule Full Text
OLTPS-Clean-Energy-Communities-Re-Grant-Program-Final-Rule-Clean-1.pdf

Adopted rule summary:

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability has amended its rules by adding a new chapter to establish a re-grant program to implement a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority grant. The re-grant program will fund energy efficiency upgrades and community campaigns to advance energy efficiency.

Comments are now closed.

Online comments: 1

  • Alejandro Epifanio Torres

    On behalf of Loisaida, Inc. and the Ecolibrium Initiative, we strongly support the proposed rule to establish a re-grant program under the guidance of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability (OLTPS) in collaboration with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

    As a community-based cultural and environmental justice organization, Loisaida, Inc. has seen firsthand the impact of energy inefficiency on historically marginalized communities, particularly in low-income, immigrant, and Latino neighborhoods of the Lower East Side. Many buildings in our community are aging, poorly insulated, and dependent on outdated fossil-fuel-based heating and cooling systems. This leads to higher energy costs, disproportionately impacting working-class families and small businesses already facing economic hardships.

    The Ecolibrium Initiative—a program we are developing in partnership with Con Edison and other stakeholders—aims to address energy equity through community-driven solutions such as workforce training, microgrid modeling, and neighborhood-scale renewable energy adoption. A re-grant program like the one proposed would be a critical mechanism to empower local organizations, building owners, and residents to access funding for energy efficiency upgrades and community education campaigns. This initiative would not only lower utility bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also create local green jobs and build capacity for long-term climate resilience.

    We urge OLTPS and NYSERDA to ensure that the selection criteria for re-grantees prioritize frontline communities most affected by energy poverty, provide technical assistance to small nonprofits and community-based organizations, and include strong accountability measures to track the impact of funded projects.

    This proposed rule represents an essential step toward a just and sustainable energy transition for New York City’s most vulnerable communities, and we encourage its swift approval and implementation.

    Comment added February 26, 2025 12:41pm