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    Programs and Services

    Since 1988, PENNVEST has served Pennsylvania communities and citizens through the funding of drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and non-point source projects across the Commonwealth.  

     

    Whether you are new to PENNVEST or a returning applicant, our programs and services are easily accessible no matter where you are in the funding process. To access financial assistance through PENNVEST, you must complete a funding application.

    Funding Programs

    PENNVEST offers programs that provide financing opportunities and flexibility, expedite loan approval, or involve different application steps or requirements from our traditional loans.

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    Procurement

    PENNVEST makes public any solicitations for contractors PENNVEST intends to hire to perform services on its behalf.

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    Financing

    PENNVEST provides various resources for borrowers to administer and manage their loan(s). The financing area provides the necessary forms, documents, and information to help with loan servicing activities around ACH, reporting requirements, contract changes, signature authorization, as well as the management of funds disbursement and payment tracking.

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    Get to Know Our Services

    Learn more about PENNVEST services by selecting a topic below.

    Accessibility Help

    PENNVEST is committed to providing every Pennsylvanian equal access to the information on our websites and the ability to use all our Online web applications effectively. If any of the content on our website and/or online applications interfere with your ability to access information, please let us know so we can address the problem quickly for you and future visitors.

    Accessibility Help

    ACH Authorization / ACH Banking Changes

    Entities receiving PENNVEST funds must submit an ACH Authorization form upon completion of the loan settlement process. If a funding recipient's financial institution or account number changes during the repayment process, a change request must be made by indicating “Change” on the authorization form.

    ACH Authorization / ACH Banking Changes

    Applying for Funding

    To receive a funding offer through PENNVEST, an entity must complete the PENNVEST application process. This process is fully electronic and accessed through the PV Portal. A completed PENNVEST application provides the details needed for our team to determine if a project and applicant are eligible for funding, if the project has completed the necessary requirements to receive a funding offer, and to determine which of PENNVEST’s funding sources are the most appropriate to finance the project.

    Applying for Funding

    Funding Recipient Information Change Requests

    Significant changes within an entity must be reported to PENNVEST as those changes will affect financial documentation. Adjustments that need to be reported include collateral changes, company name change, mergers, acquisitions, construction company changes, requests to extend an interest-only period, and requests for consent to acquire additional debt from another financial institution/state agency or to restructure loan repayment.

    Funding Recipient Information Change Requests

    Funds Disbursements

    Funding recipients may request funds disbursement through the PV Portal. Once logged into the PV Portal, select the Funds Disbursement from the menu to manage projects and draw your approved funds from PENNVEST.

    Funds Disbursements

    Letter of No Prejudice (LONP) Requests

    The terms of your PENNVEST funding will prohibit you from starting construction, or in some cases ordering equipment or materials, before completing settlement on a PENNVEST funding offer. If you have an emergency situation related to public health, environmental impact, supply chain issues, or an economic development opportunity that requires you to begin construction or obtain materials prior to submitting a funding application to PENNVEST or completing settlement on a PENNVEST funding offer, you may request a Letter of No Prejudice (LONP) or Pre-Closing Letter that will authorize you to start construction of your project or order equipment or materials, depending on your situation, prior to settlement. You must receive PENNVEST's written approval of your request before commencing any activity relating to construction, including ordering equipment or materials.

    Letter of No Prejudice (LONP) Requests

    Reporting Annual Financial Statements / Audit Reports

    All recipients of PENNVEST funds are required to file their annual financial statement/audit report with PENNVEST for each year, during the life of the loan(s).

    Reporting Annual Financial Statements / Audit Reports

    Right to Know Requests

    Pursuant to Section 504 of the Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. §67.101 et seq. (RTKL), PENNVEST maintains policies, processes, and procedures, regarding responses to requests made pursuant to the RTKL, in addition to complying with the policies set forth in Management Directive 205.36. In addition, to facilitate access to documents of public interest and reduce the need for RTKL requests, PENNVEST makes many of its documents publicly available on the Pennsylvania Treasury website, www.patreasury.gov, under Transparency, Contracts e-Library. PENNVEST also publishes information and documents relating to its procurement solicitations on the PENNVEST website, www.pennvest.pa.gov.

    Right to Know Requests

    Signature Authorization / Changes

    Prior to the first loan payment, funding recipients must submit a Signature Authorization Form (SAF). Payment requests will not be processed until this form has been completed. A new form must also be submitted if there are changes to authorized contacts or existing contact information, such as email addresses or phone numbers.

    Signature Authorization / Changes

    Submit a Proposal for the Clean Water Procurement Program

    Through the competitive bidding process in the Clean Water Procurement Program, PENNVEST is enabled to purchase verified nutrient or sediment reductions as a result of projects that install best management practices to help the Commonwealth achieve the most current total maximum daily load limits for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) planning tool.

    Submit a Proposal for the Clean Water Procurement Program