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Our projects
Click the map for a searchable database of all projects funded by the Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund through December 31, 2018.
What We Do
The Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund provides grants, loans, and equity investments to promote:
- the development and use of renewable energy and clean energy technologies
- energy conservation and efficiency
- sustainable energy businesses
- projects that improve the environment in the companies’ service territories, as defined by their relationship to the companies’ transmission and distribution facilities
Apply
In 2020, the Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund has $192,470 available to distribute as grants throughout the Pennsylvania service territories of the Met-Ed and Penelec energy companies.
The fund will distribute grants for projects and programs that support the development and use of clean energy technologies and energy efficiency. Grants will range from $2,000 to $50,000 depending on the scope of the projects. Applications will be accepted online from January 15 through March 16, with decisions to be made by the end of July 2020.
Applications must be completed online by the deadline to be considered.
Click here for a map of the territories and specific zip codes serviced by Met-Ed and Penelec.
Click here to apply for a grant in the Met-Ed territory.
Click here to apply for a grant in the Penelec territory.
News and Information
Three grants totaling $72,577 awarded to sustainable energy projects
READING, PA (July 15, 2020) – The Met-Ed Sustainable Energy Fund of Berks County Community Foundation has awarded three grants totaling $72,577 to support the development and use of clean energy technologies and energy efficiency [...]
Grants available for developing clean energy technologies and energy efficiency
READING, PA (January 14, 2020) – The Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund will distribute almost $200,000 in grants to support the development and use of clean energy technologies and energy efficiency throughout the Pennsylvania [...]
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MET-ED / PENELEC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Gautier Steel: History in the Making
“This has been a long time coming and we’re very excited about this,” said Jacqueline Kulback, CFO & Controller at Gautier Steel.
Work had begun to fulfill the company’s first customer order of steel plates. Eventually, it will be rolling titanium and other specialty metals.
The Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies got a behind-the-scenes look as the mill did its early test runs. Gautier received a $25,000 grant and a $500,000 loan from the SEF to help to complete the nearly $20 million project.
15 years of PA’s sustainable energy funds
In 2000, the sustainable energy industry was bolstered by the creation of special funds across the Commonwealth to provide financial support for projects that promoted renewable and sustainable energy.
Two of those funds, the Metropolitan Edison Company Sustainable Energy Fund of Berks County Community Foundation and the Pennsylvania Electric Company Sustainable Energy Fund of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, marked their 15th anniversary in 2015.
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