CGC Investment Strategy
To meet current energy demands and accomplish a rapid transition to a U.S.-fueled energy economy, America needs a massive mobilization of capital investment in every community. Green banks are a proven, cost-effective way to kick-start private investment without creating long-term reliance on government money. CGC is deploying its $5 billion one-time capitalization from the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) in year-one to attract private capital and create a network of self-sustaining green banks that can make investments into projects that will transform the US energy system.
Every dollar CGC invests is expected to mobilize $9 to $14 in private-sector capital. By 2031, CGC anticipates generating an additional $40 billion in public-private investments, ensuring clean air, water, and affordable energy while scaling up to meet demand. Through CGC’s private sector partnerships and network investment, CGC is making progress toward its goals of causing more than $20 billion in cumulative private-public investment in new power projects by mid-2026 and establishing at least one green bank in every state.
To Date CGC Has:
- Demonstrated that public-private investing is key: Since 2009, CGC and its network of partners have mobilized more than $25 billion towards energy creating projects.
- Built a network of 32 partners across 28 states and the District of Columbia.
- Designed a structured, transparent process for selecting and funding projects (RFP1). Submit a project proposal today!
- Launched the Municipal Investment Fund to drive economic development and investment in communities across the country.
- Forged strategic financial partnerships with some of the nation’s largest financial firms to launch 4 different investment funds that can mobilize additional private capital toward US-made clean energy projects.
- Invested in an impact-driven reinsurance company designed to remove financing obstacles and address gaps in the insurance market that prevent the deployment of clean energy technologies at-scale.
The Need for Speed
American consumers have and will continue to experience an increase in the cost of electricity. Energy demand and electricity consumption are growing faster than utility operators anticipated due to AI and other new technologies. Unless the U.S. rapidly adds new power generation, and supporting infrastructure, energy costs will increase, particularly for electricity from utility providers. For example, rural households spend about 40% more of their income on energy compared to households in metropolitan areas. By 2035, CGC’s investment strategy expects to create approximately 1.5 million new jobs and save Americans more than $59 billion in energy costs.
As noted in the workplan submitted to EPA, CGC planned to invest the majority of the $5 billion NCIF grant within one year because the sooner the funds can be deployed, the bigger the impact they can have. By rapidly and prudently deploying its grant funds and reinvesting the returns, CGC is focused on creating a sustainable, long-term financial institution that is focused on maximizing impact. This “recycling of funds” will expedite, multiply, and maximize the benefits of the public’s initial investment.
Green banks stand apart from many other government-created loan programs in that, once established with sufficient capital, green banks are not dependent on receiving additional public funding in order to continue to deliver benefits to taxpayers.
CGC Investment Priorities
To enable the U.S. to meet its energy goals, CGC’s portfolio will be focused on driving large-scale, high-impact investments, to ensure every dollar invested attracts private capital and can keep generating returns to reinvest capital towards additional unfunded projects. To serve the consumers in the market, CGC has built a large network of state and local green banks and community lenders that work directly with consumers.
CGC’s investment strategy focuses on larger-scale projects like: distributed energy generation and storage, high-voltage transmission upgrades, and infrastructure to help transform the U.S. energy system. By 2031, CGC anticipates generating an additional $40 billion in public-private investments, ensuring clean air, water, and affordable energy while scaling up to meet demand.
As clean energy markets continue to evolve, CGC will regularly reassess its portfolio to stay focused on what delivers the greatest impact — whether that means cutting pollution, creating jobs, or attracting further investment.
Attracting Private Capital
In addition to CGC’s broad network of green banks and community lenders, CGC has forged strategic financial partnerships with some of the nation’s premier financial firms to mobilize additional private capital toward scaling clean energy investments and new financing markets. CGC worked with these firms to create four investment vehicles that address market opportunities in debt and clean energy infrastructure financing While deployment of clean energy often rely on project finance solutions, many gaps exist in traditional sources. CGC and its partners have identified a number of market opportunities and investment strategies that will accelerate the mobilization of private capital and deployment of clean energy projects across different markets like carbon reducing infrastructure, distributed generation, AI, and energy storage projects.
This investment strategy also provides CGC with the ability to expand investment opportunities across diverse geographies, asset classes and mobilize third party capital. Each of these partnerships enable additional private, philanthropic, and other capital providers to invest alongside CGC’s anchor commitment.
This means there will be more capital and resources to invest toward real energy projects, enabling the US to rapidly tackle the energy crisis and reduce costs for consumers.
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The Current Pipeline:
CGC has active proposals in its current pipeline that align with the EPA’s priorities to provide clean and affordable power for all Americans. Projects include: transmission, solar, storage, energy efficiency, powering data centers, water purification, agriculture, EV-charging infrastructure, and industrial processes such as steel manufacturing. End users include residential, commercial and industrial, utilities, and MUSH (municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals). Residents in both rural and urban communities across the country are expected to benefit from the development of projects in the current pipeline.
Each transaction is structured to ensure portfolio-level returns outpace losses and expenses. Over time, this model will enable CGC to be a self-sustaining organization with a growing capital base to continue to support the acceleration of clean energy infrastructure on an ongoing basis.
The projects CGC is looking to invest in will expand access to more affordable electricity that ensures American energy dominance, delivers the power needed to secure American leadership in emerging technologies like AI, and drives job creation and economic opportunity. This approach also reflects our ongoing progress to collaborate with the EPA and private sector partners to continue building infrastructure to protect both our environment and America’s promise of opportunity, ensuring America’s abundant supply of energy to power a thriving economy — all the while working to build a future that allows future generations to inherit a country with the cleanest air and water.