Green Municipal Fund

The Green Municipal Fund Makes New Energy Project Funding Available to Municipal Governments
Press Release 

Ottawa, ON – The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) today launched a new Green Municipal Fund (GMF) funding opportunity in the energy sector for municipal governments and municipal energy utilities.

Through the Energy Request for Proposals (RFP) process, GMF will award funds totaling approximately $20 million in low interest rate loans and $2 million in grants.

The Energy RFP will be divided into two streams:

Stream A:
Energy efficiency retrofits to municipal buildings, or the construction of new energy efficient municipal buildings.
Stream B:
New renewable energy supply projects and district energy distribution systems.

The Energy RFP will open February 8, 2006. The Intent to Apply form, along with details of the RFP, will be available at www.sustainablecommunities.ca.

The deadline for submission of the Intent to Apply for this RFP is March 1, 2006.
Applicants will be notified if their Intent to Apply is accepted and asked to submit a detailed proposal that will be reviewed by a team of independent, third-party experts. Funding will be awarded primarily on the basis of anticipated environmental benefit, and secondarily for social and economic benefit.

The RFP closes April 12, 2006.

There will be at least one RFP each year in the following GMF categories: energy, waste, water, sustainable transportation, and brownfield remediation. The Energy RFP is the second RFP to be issued by the GMF. The first, launched in the fall of 2005, was for brownfield remediation.

The Government of Canada has endowed $550 million to FCM to establish and manage the Green Municipal Fund. The Fund supports partnerships and leveraging of both public and private sector funding to reach higher standards of air, water and soil quality, and climate protection.


GMF Energy RFP contact:
Jas Michalski (613) 241-5221 ext. 307
energy.rfp@fcm.ca
Media contact:
Lucille Hodgins (613) 241-5221 ext. 299