Energy Loan Program - PUB1222

The Energy Loan Program provides loan financing to eligible recipients for energy-saving investments to reduce energy use and cost.

Eligible Recipients

• Public schools (K-12)
• Public Higher Education institutions
• Public and private not-for-profit hospitals
• Local governments, including hospital districts, sewer districts, water supply districts, sub-districts of a zoological park and museum districts, and public owned airport facilities (municipal, county, regional and international)
  Note: Please refer to current loan cycle offering for eligible applicants

Benefit to Recipients

• Loan recipients will benefit from reduced energy cost and increased comfort of building occupants
• Loan financing frees up tax dollars that recipients can use for essential services or other capital improvements
• Loan recipients repay the loan with money saved on energy costs as a result of implementing energy-efficiency projects
• An energy saving loan for schools and local governments is not defined as debt and therefore does not count against debt limits or require a public vote or bond issuance

Examples of Eligible Loan Activities

• High efficiency lighting fixtures and lamps
• High efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
• Combined heat and power systems
• Renewable energy systems
• Waste heat recovery
• Energy efficient fine bubble diffusers and high efficiency pumps
• Building shell improvements such as insulation and other infiltration measures
• Other measures that reduce energy use and cost

Loan Cycles, Terms of Loan and Repayment

• Loan cycles and time for submission of applications is announced in the Missouri Register, through news releases, electronic mail announcements, the department’s website and links to stakeholder groups.
• Loan principal plus 2.50% interest is to be repaid to the department in semi-annual payments not to exceed a 10 repayment period. An administrative fee of 1% of loan principal will be added to the repayment amount. The terms of loan repayment is typically 10 years or less.
• This is a reimbursement program. Once a project is complete, the loan recipient will submit Reimbursement Request and Final Project Cost Report forms, itemized invoices and canceled checks to the department for review and reimbursement.

Process and Selection Criteria

• Recipients of loan financing will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis
• Projects will be funded until all available funds are allocated
• If funds remain after review and approval of applications received by March 1, 2023, the department will consider awarding loans in excess of $1 million

Emergency Loans

• Eligible recipients impacted by severe weather events or catastrophic equipment failure may apply for low-interest emergency loans year-round
• Applications must be submitted within two months of the weather event or catastrophic equipment failure
• Loans can provide financing for replacing or upgrading damaged equipment