Scroll down to the APPLY section below to learn more about all of our current grant and investment/loan opportunities.
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
Creating an energy efficient home: Your guide to saving money on energy and utility bills
READING, PA (September 23, 2019) – Everyone benefits from energy-efficient living. On the small scale, you save cash on those monthly bills and electricity charges (hello, vacation fund!). And on a larger scale, you reduce your [...]
Grant available to create toolkit for energy audits
READING, PA (June 4, 2019) – The Met Ed Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Energy Audit Toolkit Program will provide a grant to an organization within the territories served by the Met Ed and Penelec electric companies [...]
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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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