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DE-FOA-0003348: Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund: Resilient Communities Program

Closed Closed October 22, 2024 Opportunity DE-FOA-0003348 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$185 million
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$325 million
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Other

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)

See Section III of the Funding Opportunity Announcement for a full description of eligibility requirements.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience awards averaged $21.3 million; this notice allows up to $185 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (54% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund: Resilient Communities Program - Modification 000001 - The purpose of this modification is to further define the Go/No-Go review process prior to construction. In December 2022, President Biden signed the FY 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law, which included $1B to drive key investments in renewable and resilient energy infrastructure in Puerto Rico. On February 21, 2023, DOE’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) established the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF) to administer the $1B through programs focused on both residential and community-based energy resilience investments, including but not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage deployments, as well as community partnerships and other activities to grow Puerto Rico’s clean energy economy. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) under the PR-ERF has three Strategic Goals: (1) Mitigate against the disproportionate impacts associated with severe and prolonged power outages affecting low- and moderate-income residents of public or privately owned subsidized multi-family properties through energy resilience investments. (2) Enable quality, equitable health care services for the most vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities, who include the medically underserved in Puerto Rico, by ensuring energy reliability and resiliency. (3) Support the growth of the clean energy workforce in Puerto Rico. To accomplish these goals, this FOA has two (2) Topic Areas:Topic Area 1: Solar PV and Battery Storage Installations for Common Areas within Public or Privately Owned Subsidized Multi-Family PropertiesTopic Area 2: Solar PV and Battery Storage Installations for Community Healthcare Facilities

Category: Energy.

Applying now

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