Turn Your Assessments into Building Energy Resilience Projects!

We are very excited to be able to serve the energy efficiency needs of Vermont municipalities through the MERP Implementation Grants, which total to $35,906,142.00 across all 14 Vermont counties.  

• Refer to our press release for information regarding the applicant pool and the award determination process. 
• Refer to our Updated FAQ Document (as of 1/16/2025), inclusive of new information allowing grantees to understand their awards further, and assist in the return of signed grant agreements.
• Refer to our MERP Implementation Grant Awardee List.

• VDHP: View our WEBINAR hosted in partnership by the VT Division For Historic Preservation (VDHP), which walks-through the Historic Preservation Review that MERP-funded projects will receive. 
  
  • PDF of Presentation 
  • Transcript of Webinar
  • MERP + VDHP MOA
  • MERP + VDHP Review Form and Exemption List

• Cut Sheets: We have developed "cut-sheets" to inform awardees on the mechanisms and details of the technologies they will be implementing with their grant funds. View Below

• Electric Distribution Utilities Incentives: VT Distributed Utilities offer rebates and other incentives towards MERP projects in the utility territories they exist within.
  • Green Mountain Power (GMP) has advertised third-tier funding and incentives for MERP-awarded projects in their territory. GMP can't overfund projects, but they can potentially help fully funded municipalities with their correct electric rate. See the GMP MERP Incentive Sheet.

• Look at the map below to see which municipal buildings have been awarded across the state of Vermont, and the work that will be included within their energy resilience updates. 

QUARTERLY MERP IMPLEMENTATION GRANT REPORTING:

• Financial reporting for this award is required by the end of each quarter throughout the State of Vermont fiscal year (Quarter 1: July-Sept., Quarter 2: Oct.-Dec., Quarter 3: Jan.-Mar., Quarter 4: Apr.-Jun.).  
• If funds were spent over multiple quarters, please submit a report for each quarter in which they were spent. 
• Only report on the amount spent in each quarter. When the time comes you have spent all the funds and your projects are complete, you may submit your final report any time within that quarter.  
• Your report will be submitted using our Jotform Quarterly Report Form.
  • Reporting will be required quarterly to BGS starting with Quarter 3: Jan.-Mar. 2025
  • First report due end of March 2025.
  • PDF Version of Quarterly Reporting Form