Grants / Department of Energy / Golden Field Office

DE-FOA-0002700: Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2022 Appropriations

Closed Closed February 28, 2023 Opportunity DE-FOA-0002700 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Notice of Intent to Issue NOFO DE-FOA-0003649: Leveraging Domestic Infrastructure and Resources to Unleash Alternative Chemicals, Fuels and Feedstocks (DE-FOA-0003648). Status: Closes April 26, 2027 (170 days left). It is in our archive of Golden Field Office notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$2.0 million
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$13.0 million
• Expected awards15
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This Federal Agency Call is available to federal agencies ONLY. Only U.S. federal agencies (including sub-agencies) are eligible to apply for funding under this FAC. Only facilities that are owned by the U.S. federal government are eligible for funding under this FAC.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance awards averaged $4.0 million; this notice allows up to $2.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (68% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Energy Policy Act of 19921 authorized the Secretary of Energy to establish a fund with the stated purpose of providing competitive grants to federal agencies to assist them in meeting the energy and water conservation requirements of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), 42 U.S.C. 8253 (a)-(b). Through this authority, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) created the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program to provide direct funding to federal agencies for the development of capital projects to initiate, supplement, improve or otherwise increase the viability and deployment of widespread energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate change mitigation and adaptation-resilience technology at U.S. federal government-owned facilities. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 8256 (b) (3), FEMP will make selections and awards through a competitive process detailed in the Federal Agency Call (FAC). FEMP will be seeking to make awards that support achievement of the Administration’s goals for federal leadership in clean energy, climate, environmental justice and equity as described in Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability, E.O. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, and section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (Pub. L. 95-619), as amended through the Energy Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 117-58; EA2020), codified at 42 U.S.C. 8253. Applications are sought from federal agencies for technical solutions that are in alignment with three Topic Areas: Topic Area 1: Projects Under Development Facing Reductions in Scope Due to Adverse Changes in Fiscal/Economic Conditions. Topic Area 2: Load Management Projects (Energy Performance Contracts) Topic Area 3: Load Management Projects (Other Procurement Mechanisms) The full FAC is posted on the EERE Exchange website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. To apply to this FAC, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through EERE Exchange, EERE’s online application portal. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FAC posted on the EERE Exchange website.

Category: Energy.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DE-FOA-0003648, which is open now.

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