ECMC marginal-well plugging program: $12.6M federal grant + enterprise funds
- Record
rec-co-marginal-126m-2025- State
- CO
- Category
- funding · funding_notice
- Status
- observed
- Period
- 2025
- Quality
- Unreviewed
- Review state
- Pending review
- Native ID
citizenportal-6234813
Fields
- federal grant usd
- 12600000
- program
- ECMC marginal well plugging reimbursement program
- state match source
- Orphan Well Mitigation Enterprise funds
- title
- ECMC opens marginal-well plugging applications with $12.6 million federal grant and state funds
Evidence
- lede:
ECMC announced a marginal well plugging program combining Colorado Orphan Well Mitigation Enterprise state funds and $12,600,000 in federal methane-reduction grant money to reimburse operators who volunteer marginal wells for plugging; applications are open and close May 20.
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/6234813/Colorado/ECMC-opens-marginal-well-plugging-applications-with-126-million-federal-grant-and-state-funds · article H1 + lede paragraph (page paywalled beyond lede) · sourceco-marginal-126m-src· visitvi-co-09
Provenance
Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p09-CO. Still missing: application year, federal grant id, per well cap usd, total state match usd.