The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Division of Water, State Revolving Fund Program is accepting applications for the Small Utility Assistance Grant (Backup Generator Grant) under the Alaska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
Funding: Up to $100,000 per project. No matching funds are required. Awards are reimbursement-based and subject to available funding.
Application schedule: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed in quarterly funding cycles. The published review dates are October 31, 2026, January 31, 2027, and April 30, 2027. ADEC does not publish a clock time or time zone for these dates. Applications are evaluated and funded first-come, first-served within each cycle.
Eligibility: Community water systems serving a population of 3,300 or less. The grant recipient may be the water-system owner or an applicant organization authorized by the owner to implement the project and comply with the grant terms.
Eligible uses: Purchase and installation of backup electrical power systems for critical drinking-water infrastructure. Eligible components may include the generator, mounting pad, automatic transfer switch, electrical equipment required to connect the generator, fuel-storage tanks, security fencing, fuel-supply plumbing and related appurtenances, plus other components necessary for installation and operation. The current application also provides budget categories for personal services, travel, contractual work, supplies and equipment. Fuel itself is not eligible. The project must result in a fully installed and functional system.
Application requirements: Applicants must have a SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and include documentation tying the UEI to the applicant legal name. The application requests public-water-system and ownership/classification information, project contact details, population served and service connections, generator type/fuel/size, component costs, a project description, owner certification/signature, applicant authorization/signature when applicable, preparer signature and supporting information that helps ADEC prioritize project need.
Procurement requirements: State Revolving Fund Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) good-faith-effort requirements apply to construction, equipment, service and supply procurement regardless of procurement threshold. Recipients must solicit applicable DBE firms and document their efforts; there is no DBE quota.
Submission: Email completed and signed applications to dec.srfprogram@alaska.gov or mail them to ADEC SRF Program, 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501. Program contacts include Young Ha, SRF Program Manager, 907-269-7544, and Peggy Ulman, SRF Program Coordinator, 907-334-2681.
Atlas assessment: Atlas Opportunity Score 78/100. N9+ Fit 0/100. QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie partner fit 8/100 conditional. This is a strong community-health infrastructure and emergency-resilience opportunity, but it is specifically for backup power serving drinking-water systems rather than clinical or remote-examination technology.
Potential Alaska applicants: ADEC project-priority records show several active small community water systems within the published population ceiling, including Seward (2,735 people served), Petersburg (3,200), Saint Paul (399), King Cove (757), Dillingham (approximately 2,249 in the cited priority list) and Kotzebue (3,200). Those records support preliminary eligibility screening only; current generator need and all applicant-specific eligibility must still be confirmed before outreach.
Official source: Alaska DEC Backup Generator Grant.