[Federal Register: January 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 1)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Intent To Issue
a Funding Opportunity Announcement
AGENCY: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of intent to issue funding opportunity announcement.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Funding
Opportunity Announcement No. DE-PS26-04NT42068 entitled State Energy
Program (SEP) Special Projects Opportunity for Funding. The Department
of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE) is anticipating the availability of financial assistance to the
States for a group of special project activities. Funding is being
provided by a number of programs in the EERE Office. States may apply
to undertake any of the projects being offered by these programs.
Financial assistance will be awarded to the States separately for each
special project, with activities to be carried out in conjunction with
their efforts under SEP. The special project's funding and activities
are tracked separately so that the DOE Program Offices may follow the
progress of individual projects.
DATES: The funding opportunity will be available on the ``Industry
Interactive Procurement System'' (IIPS) Web page located at http://e-center.doe.gov
on or about January 8, 2004. Applicants can obtain
access to the solicitation from the address above or through DOE/NETL's
Web site at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly A. McDonald, MS I07, U.S.
Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box
880 / 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880. E-mail
address: kelly.mcdonald@netl.doe.gov, telephone number: (304) 285-4113.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed projects must meet the
relevant requirements of the program providing the funding, as well as
of the SEP as specified in the 2004 State Energy Program Special
Projects Funding Opportunity. The goals of the special projects
activities are to directly involve States in activities to accelerate
deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies; to
facilitate the commercialization of emerging and underutilized
technologies; and to increase the responsiveness of federally-funded
technology development efforts to the needs of the marketplace.
Fiscal Year 2004 is the ninth year special project activities have
been funded in conjunction with the State Energy Program (10 CFR 420).
Most of these special projects are related to or based on similar
efforts that have been funded by other DOE programs.
Availability of Fiscal Year 2004 Funds
With this publication, DOE is anticipating the availability of an
estimated $14 million in new financial assistance awards from Fiscal
Year 2004 appropriations. DOE's obligation for performance of this
Funding Opportunity is contingent upon the availability of appropriated
funds from which financial assistance awards can be made.
The awards will be made through a competitive process. The programs
that are participating in the State Energy Program Special Projects
Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2004, with the estimated amount of funding
available for each, are as follows:
[sbull] Clean Cities: This program will provide funds to support
the deployment of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles (AFV)
in the following six categories: (1) Projects that promote acquisition
of commercially-available AFV's that maximize alternative fuel use,
especially when those vehicles support an AFV niche market activity
center or niche deployment strategy; (2) projects that promote AFV
infrastructure development; (3) projects that promote truck idle
reduction technologies; (4) projects that promote alternative fuel
ferry demonstrations; (5) projects that promote the acquisition of AFV
school buses and refueling infrastructure; and (6) projects that
support coalition activities ($5,000,000).
[sbull] Industrial Technology Program: The objective of this
program is to broaden the impact of investments in advanced industrial
technologies and practices geared toward energy savings and waste
reduction. This will be done through increased partnerships composed of
State agencies, universities, and local small and mid-sized
manufacturing entities ($1,500,000).
[sbull] Building Codes and Standards: This program will support
States' actions to adopt, update, implement, enforce and evaluate the
effectiveness of their residential and commercial building energy codes
($1,650,000).
[sbull] Rebuild America: This program supports Rebuild America
State Programs which are consistent with the Rebuild America Strategic
Plan that identifies specific and measurable building and related
energy saving projects. The goal is for 50 percent of the partnerships
to have completed at least one major building renovation project by
2005. The partnerships must define a program and process that would
show a significant opportunity for completion of building projects
($3,000,000).
[sbull] Building America: Applications under this program should
include research that coordinates with Building America's goal of
creating building system performance packages that make new houses 40
percent to 70 percent more energy efficient than those built to local
building code standards. Existing houses should be 30 percent more
energy efficient than the local building code ($400,000).
[sbull] Federal Energy Management Program: Applications should
promote and facilitate sustainable design and construction, energy
efficient operations and maintenance, distributed and renewable energy,
renewable energy purchases, siting of renewable power on Federal sites,
and assessment and implementation of load and energy reduction
techniques ($400,000).
[sbull] Solar Technology Program: The objective of this program is
to deploy solar energy technologies onto brownfield sites in a manner
consistent with local economic development activities and relevant
local, State and Federal environmental regulations using the following
activities: (1) Solar arrays located directly on the site; (2) solar
technologies integrated into buildings on site; and (3) solar energy
businesses located directly on site ($250,000).
[sbull] State Wind Energy Support: Applications will be sought for
instrumentation of existing tall towers (100 meters or taller) in areas
suitable for potential wind power development where wind shear is
expected to be a significant factor. ($250,000).
[sbull] Distributed Energy and Electric Reliability--Regional
Combined Cooling Heating and Power Applications Centers: The objectives
of the Regional Application Centers will be to provide essential and
appropriate applied research and development support, focused on the
technology transfer and deployment of advanced Combined
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Heat and Power (CHP) technologies. The Regional Application Centers
will achieve this objective through targeted education and outreach
programs as well as project assistance ($800,000).
[sbull] Biomass: To foster significant penetration of biomass-based
technologies and products, cost-shared applications are sought under
two broad categories: (1) Outreach and information transfer to
consumers, producers, and industry; or (2) development of innovative
State or local incentives that facilitate increased market development
of bio-based power, fuels, and other valuable products ($600,000).
Restricted Eligibility
Eligible applicants under this opportunity are limited to the 50
States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
Applications must be submitted by the State Energy Office or other
agency responsible for administering the State Energy Program pursuant
to 10 CFR part 420, although States may work in collaboration with non-
State partners. For convenience, the term ``State'' in the funding
opportunity will refer to all eligible applicants.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number assigned to the
State Energy Program Special Projects is 81.119.
Requirements for cost sharing contributions will be addressed in
each category in the anticipated opportunity. Cost sharing
contributions beyond any required percentage are desirable.
Evaluation Review and Criteria
A first tier review for compliance will be conducted by the DOE
NETL office. Applications found to be in compliance will undergo a
merit review process by panels comprised of members representing the
participating programs at DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy. DOE reserves the right to fund, in whole or in part,
any, all or none of the applications submitted in response to this
notice.
Once released, the funding opportunity will be available for
downloading from the IIPS Internet page. At this Internet site, an
applicant will also be able to register with IIPS, enabling submission
of an application. Technical assistance in registering with IIPS, or
any other IIPS function, may be obtained via calling the IIPS Help Desk
at (800) 683-0751, or E-mailing the Help Desk personnel at IIPS--
HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov. The funding opportunity will only be made
available in IIPS, no hard (paper) copies of the opportunity and
related documents will be made available. Once the funding opportunity
is issued, all questions regarding the opportunity must be submitted
via the ``Submit Question'' feature in IIPS; the Government reserves
the right to not answer questions submitted via any method other than
the ``Submit Question'' feature in IIPS. Telephone requests, written
requests, E-mail requests, or facsimile requests for a copy of the
funding opportunity package will not be accepted and/or honored.
Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the
instructions and forms contained in the opportunity.
Issued in Pittsburgh, PA on December 17, 2003.
Dale A. Siciliano,
Director, Acquisition and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 03-32267 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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