Program
Applications Due
Funding Source
Maximum Award
Award Details
Awardees receive up to 24 months of in-kind technical assistance and may be eligible to receive up to $50,000 to support their projects depending on whether they pursue strategic energy planning or deep-dive technical assistance through ETIPP. Communities participating in strategic energy planning may receive up to $20,000 to support a project, and those conducting longer-duration deep-dive projects may receive up to $50,000.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the program, a community must be based in an ETIPP-supported region, as defined by the program’s existing Regional Partners and must meet at least one of these criteria:
- The applicant community is located on an island.
- The applicant community is located in Alaska.
- The applicant community is within 50 miles of a coastline (ocean or seacoast, or along the Great Lakes).
- The applicant community has a population of fewer than 50,000.
- The applicant community is a federally recognized Tribe.
Additional eligibility requirements include:
- The lead applicant is a local government (e.g., municipality, county, city, town), a Tribe or Tribal organization, a community-based organization (including nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations), a special purpose district (e.g., school district, water district, sewer district), an academic institution, a municipal utility, or an electric co-op.
- Private entities that are part of an application must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
- Academic institutions that are part of an application must be based in the United States.
Eligible Activities
Examples of technical assistance available through the ETIPP Deep Dive track include:
- Analyzing the feasibility and impacts of deploying local energy technologies that can provide resilience, reliability, and affordability
- Producing guidance for energy policy and decision-making
- Assessing leading-edge technologies and innovative energy system improvements.
Duration
Notable Requirements
Prospective ETIPP communities must arrange for at least two external organizations distinct from the applicant’s organization to endorse their applications. Ideally, these supporters should play a role in decision-making for proposed ETIPP projects. Stakeholders may include community organizations, government leaders, and other groups. Regional Partner organizations can help communities identify stakeholders to support their projects.
Preferences
Application content should address the following categories of information: Need, Project, Community Engagement, Commitment, Replicability, and Support.
Sample content applicant can provide includes:
- Describe energy resilience challenges, including frequency of energy disruptions, cost of energy or energy burden to residents and businesses, or vulnerable energy infrastructure from age, condition, or natural hazards.
- Clearly describe a project appropriate to the track within which you are applying that could be undertaken that is related to increased energy resilience.
- Showcase engagement from the benefiting community as well as the servicing power utility. This engagement could be demonstrated through letters of support or commitment as a part of the applicant team.
- Explain the backgrounds of the team members, their interest and support of the project, and their role in decision-making in the community.
- Describe the impact this project would have within the community and how the project will help the community meet their energy resilience needs. Where possible and appropriate, use quantitative impact metrics.
- Explain how engagement with the relevant Regional Partner as a part of the application development process supported the community.
How to Apply
Interested applicants may apply online or download the pdf application. For questions, please reach out to ETIPP@nlr.gov.