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Funding Resources

Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Grants
Type of Incentive	Grant, Loan
Eligible States	PA
Eligible Technology	Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine
Eligible Fuel	# 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery
Eligible Project Size	All (MW)
Number of Awards
Size of Award	<$25,000
Start Date	1/1/2000
End Date
Minimum Efficiency(%)
Additional Information	FirstEnergy (formerly GPU) established the Metropolitan Edison Company Sustainable Energy Fund in 2000 with an initial contribution of $5.7 million. The fund later received an additional contribution of $2.5 million as a result of the merger between GPU Energy and FirstEnergy, bringing the total to $8.2 million. The fund is administered by the Berks County Community Foundation. The majority of funding available from the Metropolitan Edison Company SEF takes the form of investments made in businesses pursuing one or more of the fund's objectives. These funds typically will be distributed as loans or equity investments. The fund is designed to promote: The development and use of renewable energy and clean-energy technologies; Energy conservation and efficiency; Sustainable-energy businesses; and Projects that improve the environment in the companies' service territories, as defined by their relationship to the companies' transmission and distribution facilities. The start date of 1/1/200 is estimated.
Web Site	http://www.bccf.org/pages/gr.energy.html
Additional Web Site	http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=PA14F&re=1&ee=1
Primary Contact	Richard Mappin 501 Washington St P.O. Box 212 Reading, PA 19603-0212 U.S.A. Richard Mappin (richardm@bccf.org) (610) 685-2227

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