News and Announcements

Largest federal award MBTA has won to date

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Awards; Massachusetts-Led NEMC Hub Receives Most Funding through Microelectronics Commons Project Awards from CHIPS-Funded Program

States selected to receive highly competitive funds from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Innovation Program for transmission upgrades in Southeastern Massachusetts and Connecticut to connect offshore wind energy into the New England grid.

New England Coalition Wins Second Largest Award, Will Launch First-in-the-Nation Program to Drive Down Consumer Costs with Incentives and Guidance for Heat Pump Distributers, Installers

Total federal funding secured for project rises to $1.72 billion, in addition to $700 million in state funding

FTA’s "Low or No Emissions” funding program helps transit authorities acquire zero- and low-emission buses; Grant awards going to the MBTA, Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, and Vineyard Transit Authority

Massachusetts’ Solar for All program could result in a 20% reduction in energy costs to 31,000 low-income and disadvantaged households, support 2,800 clean energy jobs, and decrease annual carbon emissions by 70,000 tons

Two applications demonstrate continued regional and interregional collaboration on electricity infrastructure to bolster grid reliability and resilience

Current methodology could halve federal support for lead service line replacement in Massachusetts, with the biggest impact on environmental justice communities

Award is full amount of August MEGA and INFRA application; administration is optimistic about outstanding BIP application