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ECCSR HANDOUT12-14-2005Financial Assistance for F,ERE Technolo~v 12/8/05 The Hitachi Foundation 1509 22nd St., N.W. Washington, DC 20037-1073 Phone: (202) 457-0588 Contact: Barbara Dyer, President & CEO; or Renata Hron, Senior Program Officer Website: www.hitachifoundation.or~ Type of grantmaker: Company-sponsored foundation. Background: Established in 1985 in DC. Purpose and activities: Giving is directed to organizations dealing with community and economic development, education, workforce development, and corporate citizenship. The foundation also has an annual award recognizing young people for exemplary service to the community. Program area(s): The grantmaker has identified the following area(s) of interest: Community and Economic Development: Emphasis on business/community partnerships to expand opportunity and improve the quality of life for the underserved. Corporate Citizenship: Seeking to engage corporations in identifying broad-based solutions to the environment, economic development, issues of diversity, and independent sector development. Matching Funds Program: The foundation matches on a one-to-one basis eligible Hitachi corporate grants and contributions ranging from $250 to $2,500. The foundation also considers matching some equipment donations, employee release time for volunteer service, and employee fundraising for charitable purposes. Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community: The award is presented annually to 6 to 10 high school seniors in recognition of their commitment and dedication to community service. Recipients of the award are chosen through a national review of nominated candidates that represent the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the United States. Candidates must be nominated for the Yoshiyama Award with sufficient substantiation to demonstrate that they are not simply outstanding, but exemplary representatives of the significant contributions made by this country's young people. The award is not based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, or whether a candidate is college-bound. The award, $5,000 disbursed over two years, is not a scholarship and carries no stipulation as to how it is used. The foundation accepts nominations from individuals across the country who are associated with and knowledgeable about the community service endeavors of high school students. Nominators may be affiliated with organizations or associations, or be school principals, teachers, members of the clergy, or community leaders. Students may not nominate themselves. Fields of interest: Community development; Education; Elementary school/education; Youth development, services. Geographic focus: National Types of support: Continuing support, Curriculum development, Matching/challenge support, Program development, Program-related investments/loans, Seed money, Technical assistance. Limitations: Applications not accepted. Giving primarily in the U.S. No support for sectarian or denominational religious organizations, health programs, or social organizations. No grants to individuals (except for Yoshiyama Awards for community service), or for fundraising events, building funds, publications, conferences and seminars, endowments, advertising, or capital campaigns. Application information: Unsolicited proposals are no longer accepted. Requests for proposals are issued periodically and can be obtained by calling the fan-on-demand system at (202) 457-0588, ext. 551, visiting Hitachi's Web site, or by sending aself- addressed mailing label (no postage) with a request for information to the foundation's address. Board meeting date(s): Spring, Summer, and Fall Financial data: (yr. ended 12/31/02): Assets, $18,359,548 (M); gifts received, $2,206,925; expenditures, $3,621,849; total giving, $2,068,084; qualifying distributions, $3,517,204; giving activities include $2,068,084 for 34 grants (high: $151,366; low: $250; average: $10,000-$100,000). The Cummins Foundation (formerly Cummins Engine Foundation) 500 Jackson St., M.C. 60633 Columbus, Indiana 47201 Phone: (812) 377-3114 Fax: (812) 377-7897 Contact: Tracy H. Souza, President E-mail: tracy.h.souza(a~cummins com Type of grantmaker: Company-sponsored foundation. Background: Incorporated in 1954 in IN. Purpose and activities: Giving focused primarily on local communities and providing the tools and means to help individuals left out of society overcome the barriers they face. Program area(s): The grantmaker has identified the following area(s) of interest: Core Programs: This category includes grants that are made on a regular basis, usually annually. It includes the local charitable contributions budget for Cummins' domestic entities and contributions to United Ways. Corporate Support: This category mainly covers grants made through the architecture program. In addition, public agencies in Bartholomew County that want to build new facilities may have the architect fees paid for by the foundation if they agree to select the architect from a list of distinguished architects given to them by the foundation. Employee Matching Gifts: The foundation matches employee contributions to charitable organizations. Plant Community Initiative: This initiative was established to enable Cummins' domestic and international entities to fund programs and projects in their local communities that address major community issues. Support for programs that refresh the spirit and enhance the general environment in the company's plant communities, and that respond to particular needs that may be unique to one community as well as to activities or projects that encourage a high quality of life for the entire community. Primary aim is to develop opportunities for young or emerging artists in local company communities, encourage involvement in the arts, especially by youth, and assist projects that, through the arts, serve the goal of enhancing justice and equity in society. Special Grants: All other grants are included in this category. These are one-time grants, national or local, that are for some special purpose rather than for general support of an organization. Fields of interest: Arts; Brazil; China; Civil rights; Community development; Education; Elementary school/education; Federated giving programs; India; Mexico; Minorities; Minorities/immigrants, centers/services; Public policy, research; Secondary school/education; Visual arts, architecture; Youth, services. Geographic focus: National; international Types of support: Annual campaigns, Building/renovation, Capital campaigns, Continuing support, Emergency funds, Endowments, General/operating support, Program development, Publication, Technical assistance. Limitations: Giving primarily in areas of company operations, including the Columbus and Seymour, IN, areas; Fridley, MN; Rocky Mount, NC; Jamestown, NY; Lakemills, IA; Charleston, SC; Cookeville, Nashville, and Memphis, TN; and El Paso, TX and Mexico; India; Brazil; and China. No support for sectarian religious purposes or for political causes or candidates. No grants to individuals, or for business start-ups; no loans. Application information: Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following: 1) Statement of problem project will address 2) Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget 3) Results expected from proposed grant 4) Qualifications of key personnel 5) How project's results will be evaluated or measured 6) Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested 7) Copy of IRS Determination Letter 8) Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their affiliations Initial approach: Proposal or letter Copies of proposal: 1 Board meeting date(s): Varies from 3 to 4 meetings per year Deadline(s): None Final notification: Varies by board meeting cycle Financial data: (yr. ended 12/31/02): Assets, $943,974 (M); gifts received, $729,549; expenditures, $1,513,010; total giving, $1,368,878; qualifying distributions, $1,513,010; giving activities include $1,215,692 for 60 grants (high: $427,500; low: $340; average: $1,000-$50,000) and $153,186 for employee matching gifts. The Wells Fargo Foundation (formerly Norwest Foundation) 550 California St., 7th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 396-3567 Contact: Timothy G. Hanlon, President Website: wtivw.wellsfargo.coin/about/corrununity/index.jhtml Type of grantmaker: Company-sponsored foundation. Background: Established in 1979 in MN. Purpose and activities: The foundation supports organizations involved with creation and job training, housing, human services, and economic development. Program area(s): The grantmaker has identified the following area(s) of interest: Educational Matching Gifts: The foundation matches contributions made by its employees to accredited educational institutions. Wells Fargo Housing Foundation: The foundation provides funding to nonprofit housing organizations that have demonstrated the ability to create homeownership opportunities for low-income families; help low-income homeowners make small home repairs or assist with other one-time expenses, such as the purchase of a new furnace or water heater; provide permanent supportive housing to adult persons living with mental or health disabilities; and provide housing, counseling, and job training services to the homeless population. Formerly a separate company-sponsored foundation, the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation is now a program of the Wells Fargo Foundation. Fields of interest: Economic development; Education; Elementary/secondary education; Employment, services; Housing/shelter; Human services. Geographic focus: National Types of support: Annual campaigns, Continuing support, Employee matching gifts, General/operating support, Program development. Limitations: Giving primarily in areas of company operations; giving on a national basis for the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation. No support for religious organizations not of direct benefit to the entire community or fraternal organizations. No grants to individuals, or for conferences, tickets, or travel; no loans. Initial approach: Contact nearest company facility for application information; 2 copies of proposal to application address for Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Deadline(s): Contact nearest company facility for deadlines; Feb. 1, May 1, Aug. 1, and Nov. 1 for Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Final notification: 3 months for Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Financial data: (yr. ended 12/31/02 j: Assets, $198,784,773 (M); gifts received, $4,287,578; expenditures, $47,275,813; total giving, $46,332,450; qualifying distributions, $46,312,013; giving activities include $42,134,642 for 7,342 grants (high: $1,000,000; low: $10) and $4,197,808 for employee matching gifts. U.S. Department of Energy -Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Chemicals Industry of the Future Funding: $10 million Open Date: 09/07/2005 Close Date: 01/11/2006 Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding Number: DE-PS36-056095005 Summary: DOE's Industrial Technology Program, in cooperation with the Chemical Industry Vision 2020 Technology Partnership, solicits applications for cost-shared research and development and demonstration projects that will lead to commercial technology with the potential for substantial reduction in energy consumption by the U.S. chemical industry as well as technology that will make better use of energy consumed. For more information, see the full solicitation. Industrial Assessment Center Program Funding: $26 million Open Date: 07/14/2005 Close Date: 01/17/2006 Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding Number: DE-PS36-066096000 Summary: The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is soliciting applications for Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs). The IAC program enables small- and medium-sized manufacturers (those with energy costs between $100,000 and $2.5 million per year) to have comprehensive assessments performed at no cost to them. Teams of engineering faculty and students from the centers conduct assessments and provide training to help regional manufacturers operate more efficiently and improve competitiveness. The goals of the IAC program are to provide engineering students with practical experience and training in energy engineering; help small- and medium-sized manufacturers identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency, minimize waste, and improve productivity; integrate the IAC program into other Industrial Technology Program (ITP) and EERE program areas and activities; and create innovative approaches to delivering IAC, ITP, and EERE services, educational opportunities, and regional outreach. For more information, see the full solicitation. Solid-State Lighting Product Development II Funding: $3.75 million Open Date: 11/22/2005 Close Date: 01/17/2006 Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding Number: DE-PS26-06NT42480-00 Summary: The Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Building Technologies Program, is seeking applications for applied research in the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Product Development Program. Specifically, the focus of this funding opportunity announcement is to solicit applications from industrial organizations that begin to examine certain high-priority product development activities that will advance the lighting research and development (LR&D) portfolio of SSL beyond its present embryonic state. Like previous funding opportunity announcements in the SSL series, this one seeks to advance and promote the collaborative atmosphere of the LR&D SSL program to identify potential product concepts and incorporate into products supportive technologies that are novel, innovative, and groundbreaking or that fill technology voids or otherwise represent a technological advancement of SSL products. This announcement is composed of four areas of interest: • LED Materials Issues -Device Materials • LED Device Issues -Optical • OLED Efficient Materials Development • OLED Architectures That Improve Device Robustness, Lifetime, and Efficiency. Applications under this Funding Opportunity Announcement must be submitted under one of these areas of interest. For more information, see the full solicitation. Innovative Energy Systems Challenge Funding: $4 million Open Date: 10/20/2005 Close Date: 01/25/2006 Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding Number: DE-PS36-066096009 Summary: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is seeking applications for cost-shared research, development, and demonstration of innovative energy systems that can be widely applied throughout the US chemical industry. Energy systems are defined as those technologies and systems, located on or near a chemical plant that produce or transport energy (electrical, thermal, mechanical) to the process or recycle waste energy streams resulting from the chemical process. The energy supply chain in this announcement excludes the chemical process itself. DOE is requesting applications for projects that do not duplicate technologies currently funded elsewhere within DOE's Industrial Technologies and Distributed Energy Programs. For more information, see the full solicitation. Biomass Research and Development Initiative Funding: $14 million Open Date: 11/04/2005 Close Date; 04/03/2006 Funding Organization: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Funding Number: DE-PS36-06G096002P Summary: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly solicit applications for financial assistance addressing research, development, and demonstration of biomass based products, bioenergy, biofuels and related processes. This funding opportunity is intended to promote greater innovation and development related to biomass, and to support the Biomass Research Development Act of 2000, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and Federal policy calling for greater use of biomass-based products, feedstock production, and processing and conversion. A 1982 study found that small businesses Itad 2.5 times as many innovations per employee as large businesses, while large businesses were nearly t/tree times as likely to receive government assistance. As a result, the SBIR Program was established to provide funding to stimulate technological innovation in small businesses to meet federal agency research and development needs. After more than a decade, the STTR program was launched. The major difference is that STTR projects must involve substantial (at least 30%) cooperative research collaboration between the small business and a non profit research institution. What are SBIR and STTR? Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are U.S. Government programs in which federal agencies with large research and development (R&D) budgets set aside a small fraction of their funding for competitions among small businesses only. Small businesses that win awards in these programs keep the rights to any technology developed and are encouraged to commercialize the technology. How much money is set aside? Each year, the federal agencies that participate in SBIR and STTR set aside 2.5% and 0.3%, respectively, of their extramural R&D budgets. For the DOE in FY 2005, these set-asides correspond to $102 million and $12 million, respectively. How do these programs work at DOE? Each year (typically around the beginning of October), DOE issues a solicitation inviting small businesses to apply for SBIR/STTR Phase I grants. It contains technical topics in such research areas as energy production (Fossil, Nuclear, Renewable, and Fusion Energy), Energy Use (in buildings, vehicles, and industry), fundamental energy sciences (materials, life, environmental, and computational sciences, and nuclear and high energy physics), Environmental Management, and Nuclear Nonproliferation. Grant applications submitted by small businesses MUST respond to a specific topic and subtopic during an open solicitation. Phase I? What phases are there and how do they work at DOE? SBIR and STTR have three distinct phases. Phase I explores the feasibility of innovative concepts with awards up to $100,000 for about 9 months. Only Phase I award winners may compete for Phase II, the principal R&D effort, with awards up to $750,000 over atwo-year period. There is also a Phase III, in which non-Federal capital is used by the small business to pursue commercial applications of the R&D. Also under Phase III, Federal agencies may award non-SBIR/STTR-funded, follow-on grants or contracts for products or processes that meet the mission needs of those agencies, or for further R&D. What are the chances of winning? Proposal-to-award ratios are about 5-to-1 for Phase I and 2-to-1 for Phase II. I&I-Funded Technologies I&I supports energy efficiency and renewable energy technology development in focus areas that align with 10 EERE programs. These focus areas include: Biomass Program Building Technologies Program Distributed Energy Program FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies Program Geothermal Technologies Program Hydrogen. Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program Industrial Technologies Program Solar Energy Technologies Pro ram Weatherization & Intergovernmental Program Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program I&I provides financial assistance for research and development of innovative, energy- saving ideas and inventions. This assistance is provided at two levels: Up to $50,000 for technologies in early-stage development and up to $250,000 for technologies approaching the point of prototype. Cost-share is strongly encouraged to receive a Category 1 or 2 award. Renewable Development Fund Grants Last DSIRE Review: 12/06/2005 Incentive Type: Utility Grant Program Eligible Renewable/Other Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, CHP/Cogeneration, Anaerobic Technologies: Digestion, Renewable Fuels, Fuel Cells (Renewable Fuels) Applicable Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Nonprofit, Schools, Local Government, Utility, State Government, Tribal Government, Fed. Government, Agricultural, Institutional Amount: Varies Max. Limit: Varies Website: http://www.xcelenergy.com/ XLWEB/CDA/0,2914,1-1-1 _4359_3725-801-2_171 _258-0, 00. htm I Authority 1: MN Session Laws 2003, 1st Special Session, Chapter 11 (H.F. 9 of 2003) Date Enacted: 2001; May 2003 Effective Date: 1994; amended 2003 Summary: Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund (RDF) was created in 1999 as an outcome of 1994 Minnesota legislation concerning spent nuclear fuel at Xcel Energy's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant. The Xcel RDF provides grants periodically through a Request for Proposals process. Renewable energy technologies eligible for funding typically include wind, biomass, solar, hydroelectric generators and fuel cells. Funding is generally split between new development projects that result in the production of renewable energy, and research and development. The first round of grants from the Xcel Energy RDF program, completed in 2001, supported 19 projects with nearly $16 million in funding. In 2005 the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the second round of projects funded from the Xcel Energy RDF program -- 29 projects totaling nearly $37 million. A third round of funding is anticipated in 2006 or 2007. Renewable Energy Production Incentive Incentive Type: Production Incentive Eligible Renewable/Othe r Technologies: Biomass, Hydroelectric, Anaerobic Digestion Applicable Commercial, Residential, Nonprofit, Tribal Councils Sectors: Amount: 1.5¢/kWh Maximum Incentive: None Terms: 10-year payment period Authority 1: Minn. Stat. § 216C.41 Date Enacted: 7/1/97 Effective Date: 7/1/99 (hydro); 1/1/97 (wind); 7/1/01 (digesters) Expiration Date: 12/31/2005 (hydro); 1/1/2017 (wind); 12/31/2017 (digesters) Website: http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-536881350&subchannel=- 536881511&sc2=null&sc3=null&contentid=536885915&contenttype=EDITORIAL&programi. ,~ e Summary: Minnesota offers a payment of 1.6¢/kWh for electricity generated by hydro facilities and on-farm anaerobic manure methane digesters. This incentive is available to hydro facilities located at the site of a dam, if the dam was in existence as of March 31, 1994, and begins generating electricity after July 1, 1994, or generates electricity after substantial refurbishing of a facility that begins after July 1, 2001. Qualifying projects receive payments for 10 years. Minnesota also issues a payment of 1.5¢/kWh for electricity generated by new wind-energy projects less than 2 MW in capacity for up to 200 MW of program capacity. In November 2003, the Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that planned capacity for new wind energy systems had reached the goal-of 200 MW, and the DOC established a waiting list for additional projects. As of May 2005, 155 MW were operating and receiving incentive payments. Based on April 2005 legislation, the remaining 45 MW in the program queue and 46 MW on the waiting list all became eligible for an incentive payment of 1¢/kWh incentive payment. The program was closed to new applicants on January 1, 2005. This program, supported in part by Minnesota's Renewable Development Fund, is unique because it offers payments for actual energy output. The advantage of a production incentive program is that production payments and credits place a premium on project output as opposed to rated capacity, which may or may not be fully utilized once installed. This is one of the few state-level, performance- based renewable-energy incentives offered in the United States. Minnesota's production credit roughly mirrors a federal corporate production tax credit allowing a 1.9¢/kWh tax credit for electricity produced from wind, solar, geothermal and closed-loop biomass. Wind and Solar-Electric (PV) Systems Exemption Incentive Type: Property Tax Exemption Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: Photovoltaics, Wind Applicable Sectors: Max. Limit: Terms: Authority 1: Authority 2: Effective Date: Commercial, Residential None See summary Minn. Stat. § 272.028 Minn. Stat. § 272.02 1/1/92 Summary: Minnesota excludes from (real estate) property taxation the value added by solar-electric (PV) systems. However, the land on which a PV or wind system is located is taxable. In addition, all real and personal property of wind-energy systems is exempt from the state's property tax. In lieu of a property tax on large wind-energy systems, a production tax was implemented in 2002. Wind systems greater than 12 MW are taxed at a rate of 0.12 cents/kWh; systems between 2 MW and 12 MW are taxed at a rate of 0.036 cents/kWh; and systems between 250 kW and 2 MW are taxed at a rate of 0.012 cents/kWh. Wind systems under 250 kW are exempt from the production tax. However, a provision in a separate statute (Minn. Stat. § 272.028) allows a mutually agreeable alternative to be negotiated between the local government authority and the wind facility owner for the purpose of maintaining "public infrastructure and services." For example, a lower tax might be negotiated by a local government in order to attract wind development. Million Solar Roofs State and Local Partnership Grant Recipients FY 2004 Partnerships The Million Solar Roofs Initiative is designed to support states and local communities as they develop a strong commitment to the sustained deployment of solar energy technologies. To ensure positive and productive results, the Million Solar Roofs Initiative focuses on those areas that have formed strong partnerships, representing the very heart of this initiative. Key features of the initiative involve: ^ Soliciting voluntary participation by state and local governments and groups; ^ Developing a pool of existing federal lending and financing options; ^ Leveraging other financial support and incentives, both current and proposed; ^ Accelerating the use of solar energy systems on federal buildings. The MSRI partnerships bring together business, government, the energy industry and community organizations with a commitment to install a set number of solar energy systems. Examples of state and local partners include: ^ Builders ^ Energy service providers ^ Utilities ^ Non-governmental organizations ^ Local governments ^ State governments Midwest Regional Office a~I~tuPartnership, $50,000 This project, along with an $18,200 match, will expand the Chicago Partnership beyond the City of Chicago, develop an implementation plan, carry out day-to-day activities, and to recruit additional partners. They City will work to share what it has learned to the 364 other suburban communities that are interested in learning how they can deploy solar energy systems. Contact: Brian Loll, 312-744-5721 email: bloll@cityofchicago.org i~t+ri,~r Roof Partnership, $56,524 This project, "Iowa Meeting the Commitment: 2005 MSR Program," along with a $22,046 match, will focus on its successful outreach efforts, including an update of its popular Solar Yellow Pages and the Midwest Solar Website. Other outreach materials will also feature a Solar Primer for municipal utilities with alternative energy purchase program funds and a solar brochure for rural electric cooperatives. The partnership will develop articles for local and regional magazines and will conduct seminars for architects, engineers, and builders on how solar and other renewable energy technologies can contribute to LEED certification. Finally, the partnership will target Brownfields coordinators with information on how to deploy solar technologies in their redevelopment efforts. Contact: Kelley Myers, (515)281-4876 Energy Association, $50,000 This project will educate the public, including the religious community, about the benefits of solar thermal heating for swimming pools and for domestic hot water applications. The partnership will also provide information about solar to building code officials and builders. Interconnection and net metering activities will remain a focus. Finally, the GLREA will apply to become ISP-accredited and will help create a domestic hot water curriculum. Contact: Jennifer Alvarado, 517-646-6269 email: jenalv13@yahoo.com Central Regional Office SLV RC&D Council (San Luis Valley Resource Conservation & Development) ','~60 This project, "Addressing the barriers to solar energy applications in the San Luis Valley (SLV)," and along with a $27,000 match, will develop a strategic plan to create incentives for promoting solar applications in SLV, conduct preliminary outreach efforts, establish project goals, metrics and milestones, and finalize its MSR Implementation Plan, ultimately helping the SLV develop its renewable energy resources. Contact: James Mietz, (719) 589-3907 email : james.mietz@co.usda.gov able Energy Society (CRES), $45,000 This project, "Building the Solar Energy Market in Colorado," along with a $28,000 match, will massively disseminate solar and Zero Energy Home information in an effort to catalyze consumer demand. CRES will also continue to support a stronger supply chain for solar and ZEH goods and services and work to resolve net metering and interconnection issues by encouraging utilities to make their policies more solar-friendly. Contact: Patrick Keegan, (303) 216-2026 email:pkeegan@energyscience.org of Resource Efficiency (CORE), $32,000 This project, along with a $37,000 match, will build on the successes of its previous activities by adding solar systems to a 300-unit subdivision, developing creative solar designs for residential homes, expanding solar installations on public buildings, and continuing outreach to the public, architects, builders and schools. Contact: James R. Udall, (970) 963-5657 email outreach@aspencore.org ..... , ~!i(<ople, $40,000 This project, "SolarBound Initiative for Northern Colorado: Meeting the Commitment," along with a $26,500 match, will continue to overcome barriers to deploying solar like net metering and interconnection, and will increase its outreach and market strategies to drive a minimum of 42 new solar installations in the second year of its partnership. Contact: Alison A. Mason, (970) 484-3678 email:alison@greyrock.org i'~orrservation, $32,000 This project will continue to build upon its existing goal to provide support for solar installations in four task areas that will continue to reduce barriers to solar energy and increase local demand, including providing technical assistance to residences and municipal projects for sizing and costing of system designs to be considered for installation; providing education for technological improvements, economic and environmental benefits of local solar installations in private and municipal projects; developing local incentives, such as a local Renewable Energy Trust and green pricing program supporting local PV producers; and analyzing and educating to improve net metering policies from neighboring utilities to encourage the residential producer and improve interconnection agreements. Contact: Seth Portner, (303) 441-3278 email:sportner@conservationcenter.org "ate Technology (NCAT), $45,000 This project, "The Montana Solar Initiatives for New Homes," along with a $40,000 match, will result in a significant increase in the number of new homes in Montana that include solar electric systems and in the number of homes that are "solar ready," designed to easily accept solar system installations in the future. MSR funding for this project will be leveraged in two ways: first with utility funding which will provide case incentives for at least 10 new solar installations on new homes; and secondly, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance will be launching a significant, region-wide marketing campaign to promote a new ENERGY STAR Home program. NCAT will take advantage of increased public awareness of energy issues to promote solar systems in both grid-connected and off-grid new homes. The key to this program is work with new home builders to understand and embrace both solar design principles. Contact: Dale Horton, (406) 494-4572 email:daleh@ncat.org ~ity~ft~, $40,000 This project, along with a $29,878 match, will analyze over 30 public buildings owned by the City of Albuquerque and commit to securing financing for solar electricity (PV), hot water heating, and/or solar hot air space heating on all those found eligible. Eligibility will be determined by payback perigd as well as structural suitability. With the use of contract "bundling", the overall payback is better able to meet the state-mandated 10- year payback minimum. Targeted buildings include, at a minimum, all fire stations (17), four community centers, and eight senior centers with a combined area of over 500,000 square feet. This represents about a quarter of the total City building inventory of 2.2 M square feet. If the package of eligible buildings does not seem sufficiently large to attract ESCO bids, additional City buildings will be considered. Police substations will be assessed first, with approximately 48,000 square feet of conditioned space. Contact: Richard Harding, (505) 768-5362 . , a~ ~~ Along with a $27,770 match, Sunsense in Carbondale will focus on education and outreach to homebuilders, architects, and the citizens of Routt County about solar energy. Using their existing educational products-the Solar Electric Education Module (E Mod) and the Education Station (E Station), Sunsense will conduct workshops, a tour of homes, and staff a renewable energy hotline. Contact: Scott Ely, (970) 928-9272 email: sunsense@sopris.net