[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28378-28379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13738]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
State Energy Program Special Projects Financial Assistance
AGENCY: The Department of Energy.
Action: Notice for second round funding for 1998 State Energy Program
special projects.
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SUMMARY: As options offered under the State Energy Program (SEP) for
fiscal year 1998, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
is announcing the availability of financial assistance to States for
special project activities for Remote Applications of Solar and
Renewable Energy to Reduce or Avoid Diesel and Gasoline Power
Generation. Funding is being provided by the Office of Utility
Technologies in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
States that are awarded funding for special projects will carry out
their projects in conjunction with their efforts under SEP, with the
special projects funding and activities tracked separately so that the
end-use sector programs may follow the progress of their projects.
The projects must meet the relevant requirements of the program
providing the funding, as well as of SEP, as specified in the program
guidance/solicitation. Among the goals of the special projects
activities are to assist States to: accelerate deployment of energy
efficiency and renewable energy technologies; facilitate the acceptance
of emerging and underutilized energy efficiency and renewable energy
technologies; and increase the responsiveness of Federally funded
technology development efforts to private sector needs.
DATES: The program guidance/solicitation is available on May 22, 1998.
Applications must be received by July 20, 1998.
ADDRESSES AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Faith Lambert at the
U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2319, for referral to the appropriate
DOE Regional Support Office.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Funding for this category of SEP Special
Projects was offered in the original 1998 Special Projects notice
published in the Federal Register dated December 4, 1997 (62 FR 64211).
Applications received in response to that notice did not cover the
total amount of funding available, so DOE is offering States another
opportunity to apply for this category of Special Projects.
Availability of Fiscal Year 1998 Funds
With this publication, DOE is announcing the availability of at
least $1,200,000 in financial assistance funds for fiscal year 1998.
The awards will be made though a competitive process. The end-use
sector program that is participating in this SEP special projects
offering for fiscal year 1998, is:
Utility Technologies: Projects to promote remote
applications of solar and renewable energy to reduce or avoid diesel
and gasoline power generation.
Restricted Eligibility
Eligible applicants for purposes of funding under this program are
limited to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or any
territory or possession of the United States, specifically, the State
energy or other agency responsible for administering the State Energy
Program pursuant to 10 CFR part 420. For convenience, the term State in
this notice refers to all eligible State applicants.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number assigned to the
State Energy Program is 81.041.
Requirements for cost sharing contributions will be addressed in
the program guidance/solicitation for the special project activity, as
appropriate. Cost sharing beyond any required percentage is desirable.
Any application must be signed by an authorized State official, in
accordance with the program guidance/solicitation.
Evaluation Review and Criteria
A first tier review for completeness will occur at the appropriate
DOE Regional Support Office. Applications found to be complete will
undergo a merit review process by panels comprised of members
representing the participating end-use sector program in DOE's Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. A decision as to the
applications selected for funding will then be made by the Director,
Office of State and Community Programs, or designee, based on the
findings of the technical merit review and any stated program policy
factors. DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part, any, all
or none of the applications submitted in response to this notice.
More detailed information is available from the U.S. Department of
Energy Headquarters at (202) 586-2319.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18, 1998.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-13738 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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