[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2177]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Golden Field Office; Notice of Solicitation for Financial
Assistance Applications; Million Solar Roofs Initiative Small Grant
Program for State and Community Partnerships
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Financial Assistance Applications
Number DE-PS36-99GO10419.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the DOE
Financial Assistance Rules, 10 CFR 600.8, is announcing its intention
to solicit applications for Million Solar Roofs Program for State and
Community Partnerships. The selected applicant's will receive financial
assistance under a grant with DOE.
DATES: The solicitation will be issued on or about January 22, 1999.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Solicitation once it is issued,
interested parties must access the Golden Field Office Application,
Award and Solicitation page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicit.htm, click on ``solicitations'' and then locate the
solicitation number identified above. DOE does not intend to issue
written copies of the solicitation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE's Million Solar Roofs (MSR) Initiative
is an initiative to install solar energy systems on one million U.S.
buildings by 2010. It was announced by President Clinton on June 26,
1997 in his speech before the United Nations Session on Environment and
Development. This effort includes two types of solar energy
technology--photovoltaics that produce electricity from sunlight and
solar thermal panels that produce heat for domestic hot water, space
heating or heating swimming pools. A key strategy of the Initiative is
to catalyze market demand in local areas through the establishment of
State and Community MSR Partnerships. The Congressional language in
Public Law 105-245 authorizing these funds specifically directs DOE to
use these funds to eliminate barriers to the use of solar energy
systems and to support partnerships. The overall goal of this
solicitation is to assist State and Community Partnerships in
contributing to the installation of one million solar energy systems on
U.S. rooftops by the year 2010. This solicitation is only open to both
existing and new MSR State and Community Partnerships. These
Partnerships bring together business, government and community
organizations at the regional level with a commitment to install a pre-
determined number of solar energy systems. There were nine such
existing partnerships under the MSR Initiative, as of October 1, 1998.
They received their MSR Partnership designation by writing a letter of
commitment to DOE with their goal for actual installations by 2010. In
return, DOE provides access to a variety of financing options; training
and technical assistance from DOE's existing infrastructure;
recognition and support; and a link to solar energy businesses,
associations and related industries that can provide assistance. New
MSR Partnerships can declare their intent to join the Initiative by
including such a letter with their application for this solicitation. A
complete description of partnerships and their representative
activities can be found in Appendix A and on the MSR website at http//
www.MillionSolarRoofs.org.
DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will only
consider proposals from interested State and Community Partnerships to
help fund their MSR program development and implementation activities.
Projects will be managed by the DOE Regional Support Offices. DOE
intends to allocate a portion of total available funding to each of the
six DOE regions based on a formula that considers existing partnerships
and the potential for new partnerships to be established. Applicants
will only be competing against other partnerships in their DOE region.
The project or activity must be conducted in a designated MSR
partnership community. Any member of a State or Community Partnership,
except industry associations, can apply on behalf of the Partnership,
including builders, energy service providers, utilities, non-
governmental organizations, local governments, state governments, or
Federal government agencies. The different organizations/offices
involved in a State or Community Partnership are encouraged to
collaborate on their response to this solicitation. There is no cost-
sharing requirement for these grants although cost-sharing will be
considered in the selection process. Subject to the availability of
funds, multiple Awards for a total of $600,000 (DOE funding) in Fiscal
Year (FY) 1999 are anticipated as a result of this Solicitation
(approximately 12 to 30 small grants, $10,000 to $50,000 in size) will
be awarded. Solicitation number DE-PS36-99GO10419 will include complete
information on the program including technical aspects, funding,
application preparation instructions, application evaluation criteria,
and other factors that will be considered when selecting applications
for funding. No pre-application conference is planned. Issuance of the
solicitation is planned on or about January 22 , 1999, with responses
due on February 19, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Adams, Contracting Officer, at
303-275-4722, e-mail ruth__adams@nrel.gov, or Robert Martin, Project
Officer, at 303-275-4763, e-mail robert__martin@nrel.gov.
Issued in Golden, Colorado, on January 21, 1999.
Ruth E. Adams,
Chief, Procurement, GO.
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