Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
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Overview
| Anticipated Award Amount | $129,396,997 | |
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| Coalition | Lead Applicant: Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Coalition Members: City of Cleveland and City of Painesville |
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| Application Title | Municipal Empowerment for Clean Energy and Conservation (MECEC) | |
| Sectors | Agriculture and Natural and Working Lands Electric Power |
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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 Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland, and the City of Painesville in their transition from reliance on a coal-fired power plant in Northeast Ohio. The grant will fund the deployment of 63 megawatts (MW) of solar installations on five brownfield and previous landfill sites and 10 MW of battery storage. The grant funds will also support the restoration of natural habitats and expand tree coverage on a blighted brownfield site along the shoreline of Lake Erie and create pollinator habitats at the Cleveland and Cuyahoga solar sites.
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:
- Invest in the development of utility-scale solar to support the transition to clean energy production and reduction of community dependency on coal power.
- Revitalize contaminated brownfield sites through reforestation and conservation efforts.
- Create over 200 new jobs and offer job retraining and transition for individuals who are employed at a local coal-fired power plant.
- Plant 4,000 trees, reforesting 80 acres, and creating over 400 acres of native meadow and pollinator habitats that provide communities with accessible recreation.
- Improve the water quality of Lake Erie, which supplies drinking water to 11 million people, including all residents of Lake and Cuyahoga Counties.
Activities in the selected application reflect measures in Cleveland-Elyria Metropolitan Statistical Area's Priority Climate Action Plan (pdf) (7.3 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. As of July 2024, 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.
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