Recovery Act - Local Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) Initiative

The summary for the Recovery Act - Local Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) Initiative 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 National Energy Technology Laboratory, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Recovery Act - Local Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) Initiative: A goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009 (ARRA), in part,is to: facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply andenhancereliability and quicker repair of outages. This initiative will createjobsat the local level and allow Cities to have well-developed, standardizedenergyassurance and resiliency plans that they can rely on during energyemergenciesand supply disruptions. City governments will address energy supplydisruptionrisks and vulnerabilities in their plans to lessen the devastating impactthatsuch incidents have on the economy and the health and safety of citizens.This initiative, (restricted to U.S. cities) called Local Energy AssurancePlanning (hereinafter called the LEAP Initiative) focuses on developingnew,or refining existing, plans to integrate new energy portfolios (renewables,biofuels, etc) and new applications, such as Smart Grid technology(http://www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm), into energy assurance andemergencypreparedness plans. Better planning efforts will help contribute to theresiliency of the energy sector, including the electricity grid, byfocusing onthe entire energy supply system, which includes refining, storage, anddistribution of fossil and renewable fuels.