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Date	Topic(s)
October 15, 2026	Grid Resilience Round 2 Accepting Applications Special Edition
September 24, 2026	RESP Limited Funding Available, Focus Home Energy Assessment Kits, OSCE Clean Energy Report, Additional WEVI Sites Announced
September 21, 2026	RESP Round 2 Special Edition: Limited Additional Funding Available
August 27, 2026	OSCE Webinar Series, Public Comments Period for PSC SEA, FTA Low-No Program Funding, Focus on Energy Trainings
July 23, 2026	Grid Resilience Round 2 Updates, Focus on Energy Window Rebate, OSCE Announces State Emissions Roadmap
June 29, 2026	EIGP Round 6, Public Comments Accepted for Grid Resilience Round 2, Focus on Energy Strategic Energy Management for Water Treatment Facilities, Combined Heat and Power RFP, WEVI Funding Connecting Corridors
May 28, 2026	EIGP Round 6, Focus Celebrating 25 years, Focus Business Tool, Geothermal Webpage Launch, WEVI Funding Connecting Corridors
April 28, 2026	EIGP Round 6, Focus Quad V Planning, 2026 Focus Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards
April 3, 2026	EIGP Round 6 Accepting Applications, Quad V Planning, Solar for Good Grant, US DOE funding for Tribal Energy Development, WICCI Updated State Assessment Report
March 24, 2026	Special Edition: Focus on Energy Local Government Staffing Initiative, U.S. DOE Funding for Electricity Infrastructure
February 24, 2026	Public Comments Accepted for EIGP Round 6, PSC and UW-Madison Announce Partnership on Nuclear Siting Study, OEI Launches Nuclear and Energy Auditing Technical Assistance Webpages
January 28, 2026	IRA HER Rebates Updates, 2026 Focus Programs, Focus Programming for Refrigeration training and developing an energy plan, National Lab Tools, PSC Webpage on Data Centers

Newsletter Archive

Date	Topic(s)
December 15, 2025	IRA HER Rebates and Find a Contractor, Focus on Energy Solar PV Incentive Changes, OEI Microgrid Page Launch
November 17, 2025	Focus on Energy Energy Efficiency Awards, OEI Heat Pump Page Launch, WEVI 1.5 Award Announcement,
October 28, 2025	IRA HER retail location launch, Focus on Energy Comfort Pack, WLGCC Playbooks
September 25, 2025	RESP Round 2 Awards Order, OEI Technical Assistance Energy Planning Webpage, IRA HER Register Contractors
September 3, 2025	RESP Round 2 Awards, IER HER Rebates 1-Year Anniversary, WEVI Round 1.5
July 22, 2025	Focus on Energy Quad V Planning, RESP Round 2, IRA HER Rebate Multifamily, Changes to Clean Energy Tax Credits
June 30, 2025	Rural Energy Startup Program Round 2 Webinar Recording Announcement
June 24, 2025	Rural Energy Startup Program Round 2, Focus on Energy Quad V Planning, Energy Efficiency Awards, Low or No Emission Grant Program
June 6, 2025	Special Edition: Rural Energy Startup Program (RESP) Round 2 has launched
May 28, 2025	IRA HER Rebates, Focus Stakeholder meetings, Community Energy Innovation Prize Round 2, Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator
April 15, 2025	OEI Grant Programming Update, IRA HER Rebates including HOMES multifamily pilot launch and HEAR phase 1

Date	Topic(s)
December 19, 2024	Wisconsin IRA Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program Update
November 25, 2024	Revolving Loan Fund, Grid Resilience Program Grant Award , IRA Updates and Rural Business Development Grants
October 24, 2024	RESP Memo, Seven Federal and State Funding Opportunities, 2024 Fast Forward Conference
September 24, 2024	Focus on Energy and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Home Rebates, DOE and EPA Funding Opportunities
August 23, 2024	IRA HER HOMES Launches, Federal Funding Opportunities
July 24, 2024	Training for Residential Energy Contractors(TREC) Grant Opens for Comment, IRA HER HOMES to Open
June 19, 2024	2023 EIGP and Grid Awards, Green Innovation Fund RFI, UW Madison Wind Competition Winners
May 20, 2024	2023 RESP Awards Announced, IRA HER Application Approved by Commission, WLGCC Efficient Building Support, Mt. Horeb Wins Focus' Renew Our School Challenge
April 24, 2024	Speical Edition: Energy Innovation Grant Program 2023 Award Announcement
April 22, 2024	WI Refueling Readiness Closes, RESP and Grid Program Request Summaries, Evers signs $78 million for WEVI
March 21, 2024	2023 Grid, RESP, and EIGP Rounds Close, USDA Announces $32 million in funding for WI
March 15, 2024	Special Edition: Rural Energy Startup Program: Application Deadline Extension Announcement
February 20, 2024	4 OEI Grant Programs, IRA HER Engagement Sessions, Transit Capital Assistance Grant Program Opens
February 9, 2024	Speical Edition: Grid Resilience Grant Program: Application Due Date Reminder
January 24, 2024	2023 RESP Initial Close Date, IRA HER Engagement Sessions, WEVI's RFP

Date	Topic(s)
December 22, 2023	Special Edition: Energy Funding for WI Rural Communities: Choosing the Right OEI Grant Program Webinar
December 13, 2023	4 OEI Grant Programs Open, Solar for Good Program, U.S. DOE Announces Funding for Industrial Sector
December 1, 2023	Special Edition: Rural Energy Startup Program Webinar
November 14, 2023	2023 EIGP, RESP, and Grid Resiliancy Open, OEI-Couleecap Project Opens
October 24, 2023	Special Edition: OEI Grant Programs-Comment Deadline
October 13, 2023	2023 EIGP and RESP Memo for Public Comment, Clean School Bus Rebates, Two Long-Duration Energy Storage Projects Announced
September 14, 2023	Energy Efficiency Day, Energy Burden Action Study RFP, Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Program Opens
August 15, 2023	WI Energy Statistics Portal Opens, Energy Use in State Facilities Report: Request for Bid, WisDOT Submits WEVI Plan
July 19, 2023	Grid Resiliance Grants Awarded, City of Madison Recieves Electric Bus Funding
June 16, 2023	Focus on Energy Evaluation Report Available, WI Refueling Readiness Opens, USDA's PACE and New ERA Open
May 12, 2023	Green Ribbon Commission Established, RENEW America's Non-Profits Announced
April 14, 2023	EIGP 2022 Award Announcement, EECBG Competitive Grants Open, USDA REAP Grants Open
March 17, 2023	Special Edition: Energy Innovation Grant Program 2022 Awards
March 9, 2023	CIMCRC Grant Program Reports Published, IRA Tax Credit Information Released
February 14, 2023	IRA Home Energy Rebates Programs (HER) Reqyest for Information from U.S. DOE, RENEW and MEEA Conference Summaries
January 20, 2023	Grid Resiliance Public Hearing on Program Design, EIGP 2022 Webinar Information
January 9, 2023	Special Edition: PSC Grants System Overview Webinar