State of Illinois
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Overview
| Anticipated Award Amount | $430,251,378 | |
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| Applicant | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Application Title | State of Illinois: Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Implementation Grant | |
| Sectors | Agriculture and Natural and Working Lands Buildings Electric Power Industry Transportation |
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| Estimated GHG Reductions 1 |
Cumulative 2025‑2030: Cumulative 2025‑2050: |
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Selected Application Summary
The selected application will support the State of Illinois in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, which commits the state to 100% carbon-free power by 2045. It will also promote energy efficiency, electric vehicle deployment, and building electrification and reforming utility planning and regulation. The grant will fund five priority reduction measures focused on building and industry decarbonization, freight electrification, climate-smart agriculture, and fossil fuel retirement.
Key Things to Know
Based on information provided by the applicant, the selected project will deliver the following benefits to reduce greenhouse gases and support communities 1:
- Accelerate clean and efficient buildings with the goal of retrofitting 12,000 homes and 2.3 million square feet of commercial space and training hundreds of clean building contractors.
- Provide incentives, workforce training, and technical assistance to reduce greenhouse gas and diesel emissions from freight, including trucks and trains.
- Establish a clean industry concierge to support low carbon retrofitting of 10 industrial facilities.
- Promote adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, including converting approximately 300,000 acres to no-till.
- Accelerate transition from gas-powered lawn equipment to electric equipment.
- Create high-quality jobs and new workforce training opportunities in low-income and disadvantaged communities to increase accessibility for individuals facing barriers to employment.
Activities in the selected application reflect the measures in State of Illinois' Priority Climate Action Plan (pdf) (20.6. MB).
1 The emission reduction estimates, as well as the descriptions of measures and benefits, were summarized from information provided by the applicant. These estimates, along with the award amount, are subject to change.
EPA will award grants to selected applicants once they meet all legal and administrative requirements. Grants are expected to be awarded by the end of 2024.
About EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Implementation Grants
Authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA’s CPRG program will provide nearly $5 billion in grants for states, local governments, Tribes, and territories to develop and implement ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution while benefitting low-income and disadvantaged communities.
For more information, visit Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.