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Appendix

Federal Resources — Inflation Reduction Act

National and California Funding Summary

PROGRAM/
AGENCY

RESOURCE TYPE

AMOUNT

QUALIFYING RECIPIENTS

TYPE OF FINANCING

ELIGIBLE USES

Home Efficiency Rebates
(HOMES / HER)

California Energy Commission

REBATES

$291M

  • $174M (60%) to the CEC's Equitable Building Decarbonization Direct Install Program
  • $116M (40%) to a Pay for Performance Program designed to work with existing programs administered by CCAs and utilities

Multifamily building owners and homeowners

  • Additional benefits for < 80% AMI
  • Projects must achieve certain thresholds of energy savings

Performance-based rebatees, up to $8K/unit

  • ENERGY STAR appliances (heat pumps, range hoods, cooktops, refrigerators)
  • Weatherization measures (insulation, air sealing)
  • Electrification measures (electrical panel, wiring upgrades)
Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates
(HEEHRA / HEAR)

California Energy Commission

REBATES

$290M

  • $96M (33%) integrated into TECH Clean CA program by summer 2024
  • $194M (66%) to HEEHRA Phase II program, seeking public opinion this summer

Low- and moderate-income homeowners, owners/operators of affordable multifamily housing

Point-of-sale rebate

  • Electrification upgrades up to $14K per households with additional benefits for lower AMIs
  • ENERGY STAR appliances (heat pumps, range hoods, cooktops, refrigerators)
  • Weatherization measures (insulation, air sealing)
  • Electrification measures (electrical panel, wiring upgrades)
Solar Investment Tax Credit
(48 ITC)

Federal IRS

TAX INCENTIVES

N/A - tax credit

Businesses, nonprofits, local, tribal governments with projects with new solar systems (new and existing properties)
Bonus credits for projects located in a low-income community, in a low-income residential building, or is a low-income economic benefit project

Tax credit

  • Solar PV panels, energy storage, installation costs
45L Energy Efficient Homes Credit

Federal IRS

TAX INCENTIVES

$500 - 1,000 per unit for buildings that meet specific energy standards
Bonus credits for projects that meet prevailing wage requirements

Developers that construct new energy-efficient homes

Tax credit

  • Energy efficiency measures, including heating and cooling equipment, building envelope, lighting
179D Energy Efficient Commercial Deduction

Federal IRS

TAX INCENTIVES

Deduction increases with higher levels of building efficiency
Bonus deductions for projects that meet prevailing wages and apprenticeship hiring standards

Owners of new and improved energy saving commercial buildings – can be used by mid- and high-rise multifamily buildings that reduce energy use by at least 25%

Tax deduction

  • Energy efficiency measures, including heating and cooling equipment, building envelope, lighting
Solar for All (S4A)

California IBank, Strategic Growth Council, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, CA Energy Commission, Public Utilities Commission

TAX INCENTIVES

$249.8M
Program currently in development

Low-income and disadvantaged communities

Grants, technical assistance

  • Expand existing low-income residential solar, delivering utility bill savings to households that need it the most
  • New programs, expand current efforts, address funding gaps

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF): National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) - $14 Billion

  • Intended to deliver primary lending capital at scale, catalyzing tens of thousands of clean technology projects.

  • $14 billion, more than $7.5 billion expended to low-income and disadvantaged communities

  • Financial products – direct investments in products or low-interest loans

  • Eligible projects: Any project, activity, or technology that reduces or avoids greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of air pollution or assists communities in efforts to reduce emissions

RECIPIENT

RESOURCE TYPE

AMOUNT

RECIPIENT COALITION ORGANIZATIONS

TYPE OF FINANCING

ELIGIBLE USES

Climate United

NATIONAL CLEAN INVESTMENT FUND (NCIF)

$6.97B

  • Calvert Impact

  • Community Preservation Corporation

  • Self-Help Credit Union

  • MF direct lending and subordinate loans (second mortgages, significantly below market rates)

  • Low interest EV and residential solar loans

  • Green mortgages

  • Integrate building decarbonization into first mortgage origination process

  • Deployment through existing mortgage lenders: HFAs, CDFIs, mortgage banks, commercial lenders

  • At least 60% investments in LIDACs

Coalition for Green Capital

NATIONAL CLEAN INVESTMENT FUND (NCIF)

$5B

Green banks, clean energy financing organizations, CDFIs, including CA's Ibank

  • IBank's three preliminary products

    • Climate Incentives Bridge

    • Climate Loan Guarantee

    • Climate Loan Participation

  • Public-private investing

  • Flexible, low-cost capital

  • At least 50% investments in LMI and disadvantaged communities

Power Forward

NATIONAL CLEAN INVESTMENT FUND (NCIF)

$2B

  • Enterprise

  • Rewiring America

  • Habitat for Humanity

  • LISC

  • United Way

  • Preliminarily: low-rate, long-term loans

    • Primarily subordinate, including interest-only and cash flow contingent

    • Forgivable component

  • Incentivize qualified multifamily residential projects in LIDACs through customizable terms based on the depth of affordability and decarbonization

  • Financing representing 20 – 30% TDC; lower leverage of TDC (4.2x); lower private capital mobilization (2.2x)

  • Customization based on impact: depth of affordability, extent of decarbonization, smaller unit size, location

Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)

CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA)

$2.29B

Leading investment intermediary and national network of mission-driven community lenders, including certified CDFIs. OFN's more than 425 members provide affordable, responsible financial products and services in low-income rural, urban, and Native communities nationwide.

Subaward funding will be available for active OFN members who also meet the EPA's definition of a mission-driven community lender.

Members that receive funding from OFN will build their own pipelines and finance projects meeting eligibility requirements established by the EPA in the categories of distributed generation and storage, net-zero buildings, and zero-emissions transportation in or benefitting low-income and disadvantaged communities.

Inclusiv

CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA)

$1.87B

Certified CDFI intermediary that works with community development credit unions (CDCUs) and cooperativas to serve over 18 million low- income urban, rural, and reservation-based communities around the country.

CDCUs and cooperativas (regulated depository cooperative financial institutions) will be screened for eligibility by four criteria: non-profit community lenders, good financial standing, mission aligned with lending to LIDACs, and demonstrated interest in loan products that reduce emissions.

Will provide technical assistance and equity grants, subordinated debt, and more for credit unions and cooperativas to distribute to consumers, single- families, and small businesses to facilitate clean energy projects.

Justice Climate Fund

CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA)

$2B

Nonprofit deploying capital through CDFIs, credit unions, Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs), and community development banks. JCF's 18- member coalition includes technical assistance experts and trade coordinators representing hundreds of community lenders nationwide

Eligible community lenders will be able to apply to JCF's program in "waves", ensuring an equitable distribution of funding throughout the program.

Loans through CDFIs, credit unions, minority depository institutions, and community development banks to fund green projects in LIDACs prioritizing healthy air, green transportation, clean water, and well-paying jobs

Appalachian Community Capital

CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA)

$500M

CDFI that provides underserved communities in the Appalachian region with new capital for small business loans. ACC established the Green Bank for Rural America to provide investment and technical assistance to low-income communities to push green energy adoption.

Prioritizes 582 counties in Appalachia, energy communities, underserved rural, and Native communities, accounting for nearly 30% of all US persistent poverty counties.

Loans for green energy generation and storage, housing, small businesses, commercial buildings, community facilities, charging infrastructure, and more.

Native CDFI Network

CLEAN COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR (CCIA)

$400M

Coalition of CDFIs focusing on creating solutions to the financial barriers within Native communities, predominantly surrounding the dearth of financial institutions and affordable financial products.

  • Community Lender Network of 63 lenders (58 of which are native CDFIs) across Native lands.

  • Applications will be assigned to one of three tiers based on the size of their eligible project pipeline, the quality of their financing plan, and the amount of technical assistance needed. The higher applicants score the more quickly their allocation will be deployed.

Loans for renewable energy, energy-efficient upgrades, and sustainability projects actively involving communities, Tribal leaders and businesses.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF): Clean Communities Investment Accelerator (CCIA) - $6 Billion

  • Rapidly build the clean financing capacity and capitalize specific networks of public, quasi-public and non-profit community lenders.

  • $6 billion, 100% expended to low income and disadvantaged communities (LIDAC)

  • Grant activities:

  • Capitalization Funding Subawards for community lenders up to $10 million

  • Technical Assistance Subawards for community lenders up to $1 million

  • Technical Assistance Services to community lenders

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