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Cost Share for Federal Clean Energy Funding Opportunities-EPIC Program

Grantor:
CA Energy Commission
Departmental Grant ID:
GFO-21-901
Portal ID:
81941
Status:
Active
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The purpose is to provide cost share funding to applicants that apply for and receive one of the following: 

An award under an eligible federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and meet the requirements of this solicitation, or  Follow-on funding from the U.S. DOE to continue research from a previously awarded federal grant that also received from the CEC federal cost share funding under PON-14-308, GFO-18-902, or this GFO.

Description:

The focus of applicant projects will vary based on the specific federal funding opportunity. Please check the Section II.A., for a list of currently eligible funding opportunities.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Individual
  • Public Agency

This solicitation is open to all public and private entities with the exception of local publicly owned electric utilities.[1]  In accordance with CPUC Decision 12-05-037, funds administered by the CEC may not be used for any purposes associated with local publicly owned electric utility activities.

[1] A local publicly owned electric utility is an entity as defined in California Public Utilities Code section 224.3.

Eligible Geographies:

Projects must be located in California, either partially or in full. Projects involving demonstrations in real-world environments must have the demonstration sites located in a territory served by PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E.

Matching Funding Requirement:

see solicitation manual

Important Dates

The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
30 days
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
48 months

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
See Notes Below
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
Yes ( see Description for details )
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
50%

Available Funding Notes:

Notice of Letter of Intent(s) DE-FOA-0003334 see solicitation website

The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • Federal and State

Funding Source Notes:

DE-FOA-0003334 Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development

Addendum 33 posted 10/30/24.

 

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Other

Funding Method Notes:

cost share

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Marissa Sutton, 1-916-237-2515, marissa.sutton@energy.ca.gov

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