Resilient Maryland Program (MEA Resilient Maryland (Energy))

What it funds: Grants to plan and build microgrids, single-site resilient power systems and solar-plus-battery resiliency hubs that keep critical and community facilities running during long power outages. The FY26 round paid for planning studies (feasibility, preliminary design, financial pro forma, emissions and barriers analyses) and for equipment and installation.
Who can apply: FY26: local governments, state agencies, nonprofits and businesses authorized to operate in Maryland; residential applicants were not eligible. Resiliency hub capital grants required solar plus battery storage at a site in a low- to moderate-income or overburdened community, open to the public during outages for at least 5 years.
Match: FY26 grants covered up to 100% of planning costs and up to 95% of capital costs for governments and nonprofits, and up to 50% for businesses, with applicants showing they could fund the rest.
Award: FY26 offered $13 million ($500,000 planning, $4.5 million microgrids, $8 million resiliency hubs); planning grants started at $50,000 (up to $125,000 for a microgrid), and capital grants were capped at $1.5 million for a microgrid, $1 million for a single-site system and $2 million for a resiliency hub.

How Maryland applicants apply

When a round opens, MEA posts a funding opportunity announcement and an online JotForm application on its Resilient Maryland page. Questions: rmp.mea@maryland.gov; program managers Emma Stoney (planning and microgrids, 410-382-1605) and David Comis (resiliency hubs, 410-537-4064).

The program on energy.maryland.gov

Dates

No dates are listed ahead. The FY26 round closed at 3 p.m. ET on January 9, 2026, and MEA's page says the portal is closed. MEA has not announced an FY27 round, and the program is not on MEA's FY27 list of upcoming programs (last modified May 20, 2026).

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What has changed

May 20, 2026MEA's FY27 notice of upcoming programs did not list Resilient Maryland. (energy.maryland.gov)
January 9, 2026FY26 applications closed. (energy.maryland.gov)
December 19, 2025Version 2 of the FY26 funding announcement moved the deadline to 3 p.m. ET, January 9, 2026 (version 1, dated October 30, 2025, said December 31, 2025). (energy.maryland.gov)
November 7, 2025MEA opened the FY26 round with $13 million and a December 31, 2025 deadline, saying FY26 opened new participation pathways for local government agencies, nonprofits and critical community facilities. (energy.maryland.gov)

Sources

Checked against the funder’s own pages on October 29, 2026. Rules and dates change; confirm with the funder before you apply.

Frequently Asked Questions

As of October 29, 2026: Closed. The FY26 round closed at 3 p.m. ET on January 9, 2026, and MEA's page says the portal is closed. MEA has not announced an FY27 round, and the program is not on MEA's FY27 list of upcoming programs (last modified May 20, 2026).

Grants to plan and build microgrids, single-site resilient power systems and solar-plus-battery resiliency hubs that keep critical and community facilities running during long power outages. The FY26 round paid for planning studies (feasibility, preliminary design, financial pro forma, emissions and barriers analyses) and for equipment and installation.

FY26: local governments, state agencies, nonprofits and businesses authorized to operate in Maryland; residential applicants were not eligible. Resiliency hub capital grants required solar plus battery storage at a site in a low- to moderate-income or overburdened community, open to the public during outages for at least 5 years.

FY26 grants covered up to 100% of planning costs and up to 95% of capital costs for governments and nonprofits, and up to 50% for businesses, with applicants showing they could fund the rest.

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