Wind Powering America State Outreach

The summary for the Wind Powering America State Outreach 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.

Wind Powering America State Outreach: A link to the full Funding Opportunity Announcement is found by scrolling to the bottom of this page. This is a restricted eligibility. In accordance with 10 CFR 600.6(b), eligibility for award is restricted to the following 22 states that comply with all key factors specified below and who are in most need of WPA support in FY 2007: Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The key factors that WPA uses to prioritize states are: 1. Total available untapped state wind development potential (as measured in megawatts. The higher the potential, the higher the ranking. 2. Actual installed state wind capacity. The lower the installed capacity, the higher the ranking. 3. Wind-friendly state policies, specifically (a) property/sales/construction tax incentives (b) state Renewable Portfolio Standard, (c) state production tax incentive, (d) small wind buy down program, (e) net metering rules, and (f) standardized interconnection rules. The less wind friendly the state policies, the higher the ranking. 4. Effectiveness of state-wide wind working groups (WWG) and wind education/advocacy organizations. The less effective/active the WWG and advocacy organizations, the higher the ranking. The Wind Program's mission and activities contribute directly to EERE's and DOE' s mission of improving national, energy and economic security and address the President's National Energy Policy call for increasing the diversity of our Nation's energy resources. Achieving the Wind Program's mission will enhance the competitiveness of wind energy in conventional electricity markets, growing the domestic energy supply resource, yielding environmental benefits by avoiding pollutant emissions and benefiting the Nation's infrastructure posture by reducing economic effects of fuel price or supply disruptions and increasing system reliability. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) implements the 2007 Wind Powering America Program (WPA). WPA is the deployment arm of EERE's Wind Program. Since 2002, WPA has supported state wind development throughout the U.S., focusing on state and community level outreach, specific agriculture outreach, formation of wind working groups (WWGs), and other initiatives to stimulate wind and rural economic development. Each year, WPA reviews the status of wind development to prioritize financial support to those states in most need and with the greatest development potential. The Program expects to award twenty-two grants supporting targeted states that have adequate wind resources, yet are struggling with little installed capacity, inadequate wind development policies, and developing WWG's and advocacy groups. Accordingly, the goal of the WPA is to continue to provide small awards to state energy offices (SEO). State recipients will continue to focus on state level technical assistance and outreach initiatives to stimulate wind development by helping to remove market barriers, improve the knowledge of modern wind systems and benefits to the numerous stakeholder groups. Due to limited funding availability, WPA has been forced to identify and prioritize states that offer the greatest opportunity for return on limited funding resources to stimulate wind development. The following 22 states have been targeted as priority WPA states based on programmatic criteria: Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washignton, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In addition, specific information regarding the DOE Wind Energy Program, the overall goals, multi-year technical program and other pertinent information can be reviewed at the DOE Wind website at URL: http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/ . Applications for this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be accessed, completed, and submitted through Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov to be considered for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement should be submitted through the Submit Question feature of the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov. VERY IMPORTANT: To complete and submit applications through Grants.gov, there are several actions you must complete (e.g., obtain a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, register with the Central Contract Registry (CCR), install the PureEdge Viewer, register with the credential provider, and register with Grants.gov). Applicants are highly encouraged to register as soon as possible and should allow at least 21 days to complete the registration process. When done, call the Grants.gov Helpdesk at 1-800-518-4726 to verify successful registration. Registration Instructions are found on the Grants.gov web site at http://www.grants.gov and in the Funding Opportunity Announcement. Should you have questions regarding the operation of Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center at [email protected] or 1-800-518-4726. Contact Center hours of operation are Monday - Friday from 7:00am to 9:00pm Eastern Standard Time.