Challenge for Regional Teams to Improve Market Conditions for Rooftop PV

The summary for the Challenge for Regional Teams to Improve Market Conditions for Rooftop PV Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Challenge for Regional Teams to Improve Market Conditions for Rooftop PV
	CFDA Number:	81.117
	CFDA Description:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Golden Field Office
	Category of Funding Activity:	Energy
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DE-FOA-0000532
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 26, 2011
	Creation Date:	Apr 26, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 06, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 06, 2011
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The Challenge is designed to drive improvements in market conditions for rooftop PV, with an emphasis on streamlined and standardized permitting processes. The proposed structure is intended to encourage participation by diverse entities and ensure meaningful results. The recipients in the Challenge are intended to be partnerships of local governments, utilities, regional transmission organizations/independent system operators, etc., across several jurisdictions. Reducing non-hardware costs and removing market barriers in major regions across the U.S. would lead to a significant increase in domestic PV sales. There are four main action areas in the Challenge, designed so that recipients who succeed in all action areas will come out of the Challenge period with all the necessary elements in place to support a robust solar market in their region. While success in one action area would represent important progress, it is only with results in all four action areas that recipients will truly reap the economic and environmental benefits associated with a healthy solar energy market. Challenge recipients will need to engage the necessary stakeholders so that all the critical market elements can be addressed.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net
Grant Announcement Contact: Nicole L. Blackstone, Grants and Agreements Specialistlocalchallenge@go.doe.gov
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