Energizing Rural Communities Prize
In July of 2023, DOE announced 67 winners of Phase One of the Energizing Rural Communities Prize. Each winning organization receives a cash award of $100,000 and is eligible to participate in Phase Two of the prize.
For more information about each winning team, visit herox.com/rural-energy/
Finance Track Winners
| Team (sorted alphabetically) | Location |
|---|---|
| CDC-PHP Empowerment Coalition | Pembroke, IL |
| Collective Energy, Community Health Center Capital Fund, and Chiricahua Community Health Center Microgrid Lending and Development Project | Willcox, AZ |
| Fahe | Whitesburg, KY |
| Funding Sicangu Energy | Rosebud, SD |
| Garfield Clean Energy Collaborative | Parachute, CO |
| GRID Alternatives, Energy Resilience Fund | Wellpinit, WA |
| Making Mr. CEF'S (Minnesota Rural Clean Energy Finance) Capital Stack Burger | Motley, MN |
| Native CDFI Network | White Cloud, KS |
| Nevada Clean Energy Fund | Town of Battle Mountain, NV |
| Project Greenlight | Lakeview, OR |
| SolarShare WI Cooperative | Town of Lemonweir, WI |
| Triple Bottom Line Foundation (TBL Fund) | Acoma, NM |
Partner Track Winners
| Team (sorted alphabetically) | Location |
|---|---|
| Advancing Tribal Energy Sovereignty - Spark Northwest | Kingston, WA |
| AgWind Qualifiers | Sinton, TX |
| Alaska Municipal League | Toksook Bay, AK |
| Beaver Island Smart Energy Team | Beaver Island, MI |
| Big Bend Community Development Team | Quincy, FL |
| CEBE Cooperative Solar | Norway, ME |
| CERTs & WETCC | Mahnomen, MN |
| Clean Energy Bounty Seekers | Owyhee, NV |
| Clean Energy NH | Whitefield, NH |
| Clean Energy Solutions Group | Monticello, FL |
| Coal to Solar in Carrier Mills | Village of Carrier Mills, IL |
| Cuyama Energy Team | New Cuyama, CA |
| E.A.R.T.H. | Oldenburg, IN |
| Energizing Dinétah | Pinon, AZ |
| Energy Conservation Works | Afton, WY |
| Farmers Conservation Energy and Resiliency Team | Towaoc, CO |
| Georgette Jean Enterprises, LLC | Idlewild, MI |
| Illu Global Inc and Waldron Power & Light | Waldron Island, WA |
| Intertribal Community-Owned Solar Program Team | Pleasant Point, ME |
| Island Institute | Eastport, ME |
| Islesboro Energy Committee | Islesboro, ME |
| Kitchi-Gami Sisu | Alger County, MI |
| Lafayette County Arkansas Rural Energy Project | Bradley City, AR |
| Little Bob Technologies | Lowndesboro, AL |
| Midi Enterprises-Bloom Energy Corp Partnership | New Town, ND |
| Navajo Nation Solar Initiative Team | Shonto, AZ |
| NRECA's Partnerships Delivering Defined Mutual Goals (PADEDMUG) | Sumterville, FL |
| PowerUP Philadelphia, MS Clean Energy Solar Project & Workshops | City of Philadelphia, MS |
| Pueblo of San Ildefonso Solar Energy Team | San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM |
| RED HOT | China Spring, TX |
| Region Nine Development Commission | St. James, MN |
| Regional Climate Solutions Team | Basalt, CO |
| RISE Project: Rural Innovation through Solar Empowerment | Aliquippa, PA |
| Rural Action | Glouster, OH |
| SAGE Development Authority | Fort Yates, ND |
| Shake Energy Collaborative | Hoʻolehua, HI |
| Silverton GOLD Team | Town of Silverton, CO |
| Smart Grid | Magnolia, MN |
| Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia | Norton, VA |
| Solar4Us @ Mountain Maryland | Allegany County, MD |
| Son Solar Mississippi | Mendenhall, MS |
| Steering South Texas Toward Solar Success | Los Fresnos, TX |
| Strong, Arkansas Team | Strong, AR |
| SUN Rural Solar Projects & Workforce Development | Georgetown, SC |
| Sustainable Grand County | Granby, CO |
| Team Climate-Resilient Gerlach | Gerlach, NV |
| Team SEGA | Galena, AK |
| Team SPUR: Sustaining Productive Utilization of Resources | Kemmerer, WY |
| The Morris Model Partnership (morrismodel.org) | Morris, MN |
| The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) | Blue Mountain, MS |
| Turtle Mountain Community Renewable Energy Partners | Belcourt, ND |
| Vieques Energy Partnership | Vieques, PR |
| Village of Dowell & City of Carbondale, IL Collaboration | Village of Dowell, IL |
| Wallowa Resources | Wallowa County, OR |
| Yellow Springs Development Corporation | Yellow Springs, OH |