Recapping various energy-related federal funding opportunities (open or soon-expected)





energy specific funding opportunties




Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and other federal funding announcements





The *Minnesota Department of Commerce* is seeking to work with and facilitate connections with local and Tribal governments, utilities, businesses, communities and other entities interested in energy-related partnerships. Information included below can be new federal funding opportunities or ones not previously covered by this newsletters and will include opportunities from DOE and other federal agencies, covering both IIJA and non-IIJA offerings. In addition, webinars and resources that may be of interest to potential applicants are included.

*Noteworthy items this week include*:?

* Commerce's 40101(d) Survey extended for input until Friday, August 26th at Noon;
* EPA seeking proposals to develop Technical Assistance Centers to support smaller cities, tribes and non-profit organization (amongst others) in preparing IIJA grant proposals;
* Grant-seekers "Bootcamp" offered by the National League of Cities and the Local Infrastructure Hub to support small & mid-sized cities and towns *(Informational Webinar Thursday, August 25th)*;
* DOE Funding Opportunities related to Hydrogen and Solar Energy Manufacturing are open.?





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Action requested: MN Grid Resilience Plan Survey extension

*The deadline for submitting comments and input on the MN Grid Resilience Plan survey has been* *extended until this Friday August 26th at 12 Noon*.? If you have not yet completed the survey, Commerce would like your input!? The survey is regarding the priorities for expenditure of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds within Minnesota to enhance electric grid resilience and reliability. The Department of Commerce is asking for feedback on methods for grant award criteria. Survey links are below; coordinated responses within companies/organizations is appreciated:


* Grid resilience grant program feedback 01: Survey for *non-utility stakeholders* [ [link removed] ].
* Grid resilience grant program feedback 02: Survey for *utility stakeholders* [ [link removed] ].?

Thank you for your time and attention in helping shape the Minnesota 40101(d) Grid Resilience State Plan.






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Recent and expected federal funding activity

The federal government issues a variety of announcements related to federal funding opportunities:? Requests for Information (RFI); Notices of Intent (NOI); and Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). More information can be found on the Commerce IIJA web page [ [link removed] ] or by clicking the links below.

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*-- Open IIJA Notice of Intent (NOI):?*

* *Section 41006 Water Power Projects:?Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth*
* Will be?*DE- FOA-0002731*

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*Section 41006 Water Power Projects:?Stakeholder Insight into Hydropower R&D Issues*


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Will be?*DE- FOA-0002800*


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*Section 40334? Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative*


* *Will be?*DE- FOA-0002802**

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**DE-FOA-0002773 [ [link removed] ]???**

The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has utilized one Notice of Intent to cover three expected Funding Opportunity Notices, as delineated above.??

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*-- Open IIJA Requests for Information (RFI):?*

* *Section 41003 Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration?and Commercialization Program.*
* *Responses due by September 9th, 4:00 pm CDT*
* **DE-FOA-0002794 [ [link removed] ]??**

The DOE has issued this RFI to solicit regarding the?research priorities, managing mechanisms, and partnering opportunities for a Critical Materials RDD&CA Program, authorized by the Energy Act of 2020 and expanded and supported by the IIJA.

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*Non-IIJA**?Announcements*

*-- Open Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA):?*

* *Fiscal Year 2022 Solar Manufacturing Incubator?*
* *Submission *Deadline *for Letter of Intent: September 16th, 4:00 pm CDT*
* *Submission Deadline for Full Applications: October 3rd, 4:00 pm CDT*
* **DE-FOA-0002609 [ [link removed] ]; CFDA Number 8*1.087*??**

The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Technology Office seeks to invest in innovative research and development (R&D) as well as research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects that enable continued cost reductions, while developing next-generation solar technologies and boosting American solar manufacturing, especially in cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaics.

Q&A and information on the Teaming Partners list, as well as links to a webinar held?August 3rd, can be found? on fedconnect.gov [ [link removed] ]?.

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* *Funding Opportunity in Support of the Hydrogen Shot and a University Research Consortium on Grid Resilience.*
* *Submission Deadline for Concept Papers: September 23th, 4:00pm CDT*
* *Submission Deadline for Full Applications: December 1st, 4:00 pm CDT*
* *DE-FOA-0002792 [ [link removed] ];? [ [link removed] ] CFDA Number: 81.087??*

The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has issued this FOA to address two unique areas of interest: one with topic areas supporting the DOE Hydrogen Shot? and a second EERE-wide topic area focused on grid resilience through a university research consortium.?This FOA is seeking proposals on five topics under two Areas of Interest:

*Area of Interest 1: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies in Support of Hydrogen Shot*

*Area of Interest 2: Improving Electricity Grid Resilience*

Q&A and information on the Teaming Partners list being assembled by DOE can be also be found? on fedconnect.gov [ [link removed] ]?.

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* *Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (EJ TCTAC)*
* *Submission Deadline: October 4th, 10:59pm CDT*
* *Funding Opportunity Number:?EPA-I-OP-OEJ-22-02 [ [link removed] ]*

The Environmental Protection Agency (with potential DOE funding support), has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to for proposals to develop Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (TCTAC) to support Executive Orders? 13985 [ [link removed] ] and 14008 [ [link removed] ].?The EJ TCTAC?s will provide technical assistance, training, and other eligible forms of assistance, resources, and support to ?program participants" such as local and tribal units of government; non-profit, philanthropic, and civic organizations; underserved communities and organizations; community-based and grass-roots organizations; amongst other eligible participants.? The EPA and the DOE have a special interest in supporting EJ TCTAC's which will support rural and remote areas, underserved communities, and those with the highest energy burden and capacity restraints.

Applicants eligible to propose EJ TCTAC development projects are limited to:

-?Public and private universities and colleges

- Public and private nonprofit institutions/organizations (includes institutions of higher education such as community colleges, and philanthropic organizations);

-?Intertribal Consortia - a coalition between two or more Indian tribal governments authorized by the governing bodies of those tribes to apply for and receive assistance and participate in self-governance.?

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*Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response Research, Development and Demonstration Funding Opportunity?*?


* *Submission *Deadline *for Concept Papers: September 12th, 7:00pm CDT*
* *Submission Deadline for Full Applications: December 5th, 7:00 pm CDT*
* *DE-FOA-0002500 [ [link removed] ] ;? CFDA Number: 81.008*

The Department of Energy?s (DOE?s) National Energy Technology Laboratory
(NETL), on behalf of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency
Response (CESER) Risk Management Tools and Technologies (RMT) program, is
seeking applications under this funding opportunity?to advance cybersecurity tools and technologies specifically?designed to reduce cyber risks to energy delivery infrastructure.?The energy sector includes electricity and oil and?natural gas delivery systems. Proposals in response to this FOA need to?support and ensure a more secure, resilient, and reliable energy delivery system?through targeted improvements to one or more of the following energy sector?processes:? (1.) Electricity generation, transmission, or distribution (including renewables, energy management systems, and electric vehicles, etc.), and (2.) Oil and natural gas production, refining, storage or distribution.?

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* *Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Design and?Deployment Funding Announcement*
* *Full Application?Due Date: October 11, 2022, 4pm CDT*
* *DE-FOA-0002632; [ [link removed] ]*?*CFDA Number: 81.087*

The objective of this?funding opportunity, issued by DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable?Energy (EERE) Geothermal Technologies Office, is to support the formation of U.S. community?coalitions that will develop, design, and install community geothermal heating?and cooling systems that supply at least 25% of the overall community heating or?heating and cooling demand in communities where current fuel use to heat or?heat and cool homes and/or businesses results in increased greenhouse gas?emissions.?

A Webinar will be held August 22th from 1-2pm CDT.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Register [ [link removed] ]

Q&A and information on the Teaming Partners list being assembled by DOE, and the recording and slides from a July 26th webinar, can be found under the FOA number on fedconnect.gov [ [link removed] ]; the FOA itself is linked under FOA number above.

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*--Open Requests for Information (RFI):?*

* *Request for Information: Barriers and Pathways to?Integrating Onsite Clean Energy Technologies in the Industrial Sector*
* *Responses due by 4:00 pm CDT September 23, 2022.*
* **DE-FOA-0002830? [ [link removed] ]?**

The Advanced Manufacturing Office within the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking information to better understand the barriers to deploying onsite clean energy and storage technologies at industrial facilities and pathways to accelerated adoption of these technologies. Information is sought regarding the current state of knowledge and uptake of these technologies by industrial energy users, opportunities and barriers for technology integration at industrial facilities, existing technical assistance and resources available for technology evaluation and deployment, and pathways to accelerate the adoption of onsite clean energy technologies.






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Webinars on funding resources and supporting topics

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*Small and Medium Community Grant-seeking Resources*

The National League of Cities [ [link removed] ] (NLC) and the Local Infrastructure Hub [ [link removed] ] are hosting a series of free bootcamp trainings [ [link removed] ] for small and mid-sized cities. The bootcamps are designed to help cities with populations under 150,000 develop strong applications for federal infrastructure grant opportunities.

- To learn more about the bootcamps being offered and how your city, town, or village can participate, NLC is hosting an* informational webinar on Thursday, August 25 from 2:00 ? 2:45 p.m. CDT.*

-?*Act fast! The first five bootcamp trainings start on September 12, with registration closing August 31.?* ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Register? [ [link removed] ]

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Federal IIJA resources

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law ?How-To? Guidebook Available from White House.?

The White House released a?Bipartisan Infrastructure Law guidebook [ [link removed] ]?to help potential applicants plan and prepare to apply. This guidebook is a roadmap on upcoming funding opportunities, as well as an explanatory document on program-level direct federal spending. The link to the guidebook is also found on the IIJA Build.gov [ [link removed] ]web-site.? There are also Guidebooks specific to Tribal Nations [ [link removed] ] and Rural Communities [ [link removed] ].?

Visit the MN Commerce?Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law web page [ [link removed] ] for a full list of resources, including additional resources for Tribal Nations.

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Ask us! The MN Commerce Department is your partner for IIJA energy-specific funding opportunities

Interested in partnering with the Department of Commerce around funding opportunities? Have questions? Send an email, detailing the program, your organization and contact information to IIJA Initiatives Project Manager, Kellye Rose:[email protected].

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