Leading By Example Restoration Grant for Solar PV & Decarbonized Systems

June 18, 2025

Summary

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources' (DOER) Leading By Example Restoration Grant for Solar PV & Decarbonized Systems program supports existing solar PV and decarbonized energy systems at state facilities by funding the repair or replacement of critical components, including solar PV. This helps reduce energy costs while advancing the state government's ambitious clean energy targets, decarbonization goals, and efforts to address grid intermittency.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector:	State
Category:	Financial Incentive
State:	Massachusetts
Incentive Type:	Grant Program
Web Site:	https://www.mass.gov/info-details/leading-by-example-restoration-grant-for-solar-pv-decarbonized-systems
Administrator:	Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:	Solar Photovoltaics
Incentive Amount:	Environmental Justice Adder: 10% adder to total funding
Maximum Incentive:	$500,000 (per project); $1,500,000 (per entity)

Authorities

Name:	Executive Order 594
Date Enacted:	04/22/2021

Contact

Name:	DOER LBE Grants
Address:
Email:	LBE-Grants@mass.gov

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.