GFO-23-312 - Application Manual Addendum 1 - Grant Funding Opportunity

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Grant Funding Opportunity Addendum 1 for GFO-23-312 outlines the California Community Energy Reliability & Resilience Investment (CERRI) Program’s purpose, project focus, and submission-related guidance. It explains how CERRI investments target community electric reliability and resilience by reducing outage frequency, duration, magnitude, and impacts, while advancing climate and energy policies, energy justice and equity, and job creation. The addendum details eligible activities, application structure rules for geographically distinct subprojects, and references environmental compliance requirements.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLetters

FormatDOCX

Pages46

Reading Time16 min

AccessFree to download

I. Introduction

A. Purpose of Solicitation

B. Project Focus

C. Funding

D. Key Activities Schedule

E. Notice of Pre-Application Workshop

F. Questions

II. Eligibility Requirements

A. Applicant Requirements

B. Project Requirements

C. Match Funding Requirements

D. Funds Spent in California.

E. Executive Order N-6-22 - Russia Sanctions

III. Application Organization and Submission Instructions

A. Application Format

B. Method For Delivery

C. Application Content

IV. Evaluation and Award Process

A. Application Evaluation

B. Ranking, Notice of Proposed Award, and Agreement Development

C. Grounds to Reject an Application or Cancel an Award

D. Miscellaneous

E. Stage One: Application Screening

F. Stage Two: Application Scoring

GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Community Energy Reliability & Resilience Investment (CERRI) Program Addendum 1 GFO-23-312 http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/index.html State of California California Energy Commission May March 2024 TOC \o "2-4" \t "Heading 1,1" I. Introduction PAGEREF _Toc159840719 \h 1 A. Purpose of Solicitation PAGEREF _Toc159840720 \h 1 B. Project Focus PAGEREF _Toc159840721 \h 2 C. Funding PAGEREF _Toc159840722 \h 4 D. Key Activities Schedule PAGEREF _Toc159840723 \h 5 E. Notice of Pre-Application Workshop PAGEREF _Toc159840724 \h 5 F. Questions PAGEREF _Toc159840725 \h 6 II. Eligibility Requirements PAGEREF _Toc159840726 \h 7 A. Applicant Requirements PAGEREF _Toc159840727 \h 7 B. Project Requirements PAGEREF _Toc159840728 \h 9 C. Match Funding Requirements PAGEREF _Toc159840729 \h 10 D. Funds Spent in California. PAGEREF _Toc159840730 \h 11 E. Executive Order N-6-22 - Russia Sanctions PAGEREF _Toc159840731 \h 12 III. Application Organization and Submission Instructions PAGEREF _Toc159840732 \h 12 A. Application Format PAGEREF _Toc159840733 \h 12 B. Method For Delivery PAGEREF _Toc159840734 \h 13 C. Application Content PAGEREF _Toc159840735 \h 14 IV. Evaluation and Award Process PAGEREF _Toc159840736 \h 18 A. Application Evaluation PAGEREF _Toc159840737 \h 18 B. Ranking, Notice of Proposed Award, and Agreement Development PAGEREF _Toc159840738 \h 19 C. Grounds to Reject an Application or Cancel an Award PAGEREF _Toc159840739 \h 20 D. Miscellaneous PAGEREF _Toc159840740 \h 20 E. Stage One: Application Screening PAGEREF _Toc159840741 \h 23 F. Stage Two: Application Scoring PAGEREF _Toc159840742 \h 24 V. Background, Reference Documents, & Administration PAGEREF _Toc159840743 \h 30 A. Background PAGEREF _Toc159840744 \h 30 B. Applicable Laws, Policies, and Background Documents PAGEREF _Toc159840745 \h 31 C. Applicants’ Admonishment PAGEREF _Toc159840746 \h 35 D. Additional Requirements PAGEREF _Toc159840747 \h 35 E. Key Words/Terms PAGEREF _Toc159840748 \h 38 I. Introduction Purpose of Solicitation This solicitation is part of the Community Energy Reliability & Resilience Investment (CERRI) Program, which invests in deployment projects across California that increase community energy reliability and resilience, support California’s climate and energy policies, improve energy justice and equity, and create good-paying jobs. Funding for this program was authorized under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Section 40101(d). In recent years, California has experienced increased electrical system outages caused by climate-related events such as increased wildfires, heat waves, and storms, or through public safety power shutoffs (PSPS). These events, as well as aging infrastructure, threaten grid reliability, public health and safety, economic prosperity, communities, and ecosystems. They also pose disproportionate consequences for the most vulnerable populations in both rural and urban areas. The intent of this solicitation is to invest in projects that increase the electric reliability and resiliency of communities in California by reducing outage frequency, duration, magnitude, and associated community impacts, while bolstering California’s workforce and promoting equity. The CERRI Program is designed to prioritize projects that will generate the greatest community benefit by reducing the likelihood and consequences of electrical system outages. As such, projects that are close to shovel-ready, have initiated the environmental review process, or leverage otherwise stranded assets or existing infrastructure will be scored favorably based on criteria listed in Section IV.F. The objectives are oriented around four main themes outlined below. These themes are not listed in rank order. Energy reliability and resilience: Reduce the frequency, duration, and magnitude of pow

FAQs

What is the purpose of the solicitation for the CERRI Program?

The solicitation aims to invest in California projects that increase electric reliability and resiliency by reducing outage frequency, duration, magnitude, and community impacts while strengthening workforce and promoting equity.

Which activities are eligible under the solicitation?

Eligible activities include measures such as weatherization, fire-resistant technologies and prevention systems, monitoring and control, undergrounding, utility pole management, power line relocation or reconductoring, vegetation and fuel-load management, and use or construction of distributed energy resources for adaptive capacity.

How are applications structured when there are geographically distinct subprojects?

An application may include up to three geographically distinct subprojects. Geographically distinct subprojects require separate CEQA Compliance Forms and NEPA Environmental Questionnaires for each subproject, and multiple eligible activities are not classified as separate subprojects unless they are geographically separated or address distinctly different reliability or resiliency needs.

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