Open — proposals due December 1, 2026; controlling submission documents are in CTsource solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SWAtlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Connecticut Energy Resilience Construction Grant Program, 2026 Funding Round
<p>Connecticut DEEP's 2026 Energy Resilience Construction Grant Program is open through December 1, 2026, with up to $24 million in combined state and federal funding and grants from $10,000 to $6 million. The current DEEP program page does not publish an exact submission clock time or time zone and directs applicants to CTsource solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW for the controlling RFP and supporting documents.</p>
FundingUp to $24,000,000 total funding available; individual grants from $10,000 to $6,000,000.
DeadlineDecember 1, 2026. The DEEP program page does not state an exact submission clock time or time zone; verify the current CTsource solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW and all addenda before submission.
Last verifiedSeptember 29, 2026
Required next actionRetrieve the current CTsource package for solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW and verify the controlling RFP, all addenda and Q&A, any mandatory Letter of Intent, exact deadline clock time and time zone, submission method, required attachments, scoring rules, cost-match mechanics and material restrictions. Keep this record in draft and do not begin outreach or package execution until those controlling requirements are verified from the authoritative solicitation package.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include electric-grid and energy-sector entities, local and regional governmental entities, municipal corporations, councils of governments, public authorities, state and federally recognized Tribes, energy improvement districts, and nonprofit, academic and private entities. Healthcare organizations can be relevant applicants when their project and facility meet the RFP requirements. Prior Connecticut resilience grants have supported critical facilities including hospitals, and the 2026 program prioritizes proposals from Vulnerable Communities.
Atlas Analysis
Connecticut DEEP's current Energy Resilience Construction Grant Program page confirms the 2026 funding round opened August 26, 2026 and remains open through December 1, 2026. Awards range from $10,000 to $6,000,000 per applicant, with up to $24,000,000 available. Eligible applicants include governmental, tribal, nonprofit, academic, private, utility, storage, generation, and other listed entities. Eligible projects focus on grid and facility resilience, including distributed energy resources, microgrids, storage, hardening, monitoring and control technologies, and related resilience infrastructure. The controlling application documents are in CTsource under solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW.
Connecticut DEEP’s 2026 Energy Resilience Construction Grant Program is open for proposals through December 1, 2026. DEEP’s current program page states that the application period opened August 26, 2026 and will close December 1, 2026. It lists up to $24 million in combined state and federal funds, with individual grants from $10,000 to $6 million.
The current DEEP program page does not publish an exact submission clock time or time zone. It directs applicants to the CTsource Bid Board and solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW for the controlling Request for Proposals and supporting documents. Applicants should use that live solicitation record to confirm every current amendment, required pre-submission step, form, template, attachment, and submission instruction before applying. Atlas therefore treats the exact deadline time as unverified for new cold applicant outreach.
Eligible applicants identified by DEEP include electric-grid and energy-sector entities, local and regional governmental entities, municipal corporations, councils of governments, public authorities, state and federally recognized Tribes, energy improvement districts, and nonprofit, academic, and private entities.
Eligible resilience scopes include weatherization, fire-resistant and fire-prevention technologies, monitoring and control technologies, undergrounding and reconductoring, utility-pole management, fuel-load management, distributed energy resources including microgrids and energy storage, adaptive protection, advanced modeling, and hardening or replacement of electric infrastructure. DEEP states that the program supports resilient infrastructure deployment at critical state facilities and prioritizes proposals from Vulnerable Communities.
The federal BIL component carries a subawardee match requirement. DEEP states that Connecticut must provide a 15 percent match to its BIL Section 40101(d) grant, that subawardees generally must match 100 percent of the BIL-funded subaward, with a one-third match for qualifying Small Utilities, and that CT DEEP intends to issue grants to pay for the subawardees’ cost match.
Current applicant action: review the live CTsource record for solicitation DEEP-2027-003-SW, confirm all controlling RFP requirements and amendments, validate facility and project eligibility, and complete the required submission well before December 1, 2026. Because the authoritative public program page does not state an exact clock time or time zone, new cold applicant outreach remains blocked until the exact deadline is authoritatively verified.
Verified source: Connecticut DEEP Energy Resilience Construction Grant Program page, updated September 18, 2026; verified September 19, 2026.
Source verificationOfficial government source · portal.ct.govAtlas last verified this record September 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
