Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2017

The summary for the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2017 grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Golden Field Office, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) 2017: Under this FY2017 “Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies” (AFFECT) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will provide grants to Federal agencies for projects that are incorporated into a privately financed performance contract, such as an Energy Savings Performance Contract or Utility Energy Service Contract, or as part of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Applications for projects that are financed through appropriations will also be considered. A key merit review criterion will be how much private and/or agency funds are leveraged against the FEMP AFFECT grant funding. Also, Applicants will be asked to show how the proposed project results are conducive to broader adoption at other Federal facilities and will impact the direction, strategy, and thinking of the agency to engage in similar efforts at other Federal facilities. There is only one phase in this FOA which corresponds to the development of a project or set projects that is defined by the applicant in the Full Application. There are three topic areas to which an application may be submitted under this FOA: (1) Combined Heat and Power (CHP), (2) Renewable Energy and (3) Energy Efficiency Deep Retrofits. The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website https://eere- exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system. 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 FOA posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website.