[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71454-71455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34321]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
State Energy Program Special Projects Financial Assistance
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice for 1999 State Energy Program Special Projects.
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SUMMARY: As options offered under the State Energy Program (SEP) for
fiscal year 1999, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
is announcing the availability of financial assistance to States for a
group of special project activities. Funding is being provided by a
number of end-use sector programs in the Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy. States may apply to undertake any of the projects
being offered by these programs. States will be awarded separate grants
for special projects, to be carried out in conjunction with their
efforts under SEP. The special projects funding and activities are
tracked separately so that the end-use sector programs may follow the
progress of their projects.
The projects must meet the relevant requirements of the program
providing the funding, as well as of SEP, as specified in the program
guidance/solicitation. Among the goals of the special projects
activities are to assist States to: accelerate deployment of energy
efficiency and renewable energy technologies; facilitate the acceptance
of emerging and underutilized energy efficiency and renewable energy
technologies; and increase the responsiveness of federally funded
technology development efforts to private sector needs.
DATES: The program guidance/solicitation will be available on December
28, 1998. Applications must be received by April 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Faith Lambert, U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2319, for
referral to the appropriate DOE Regional Support Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Faith Lambert, U.S. Department of
Energy Headquarters, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20585, (202) 586-2319, for referral to the appropriate DOE Regional
Support Office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fiscal year 1999 is the fourth year special
project activities are funded in conjunction with the State Energy
Program (10 CFR part 420). Most of these State-oriented special
projects are related to or based on similar efforts that have been
funded separately by the various DOE end-use sector programs that are
now providing funding for these optional SEP activities.
Availability of Fiscal Year 1999 Funds
With this publication, DOE is announcing the availability of
$13,800,000 in financial assistance funds for fiscal year 1999. The
awards will be made through a competitive process. The end-use sector
programs that are participating in the SEP special projects for fiscal
year 1999, with the estimated amount of funding available for each, are
as follows:
Clean Cities/Alternative Fuels/Advanced Vehicle
Technologies/: Accelerating the introduction and increasing the use of
alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles through the
development of infrastructure and clean corridors, and promoting the
use of advanced transportation technologies ($2,700,000).
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Federal Energy Management Program: Developing Federal/
State partnerships to increase technical capability and funding for
energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation measures
for Federal and State buildings ($950,000).
Industrial Technologies: Improving energy efficiency,
environmental performance, and productivity of materials and process
industries by developing and delivering advanced science and technology
options to: (1) lower raw material and depletable energy use per unit
of output; (2) improve labor and capital productivity; and (3) reduce
the generation of wastes and pollutants ($2,800,000).
Rebuild America: Helping community and regional
partnerships improve commercial and multifamily building energy
efficiency ($1,250,000).
Codes and Standards: Supporting States' actions to update,
implement, and enforce residential and commercial building energy codes
($4,200,000).
Home Energy Ratings Systems: Providing incentive funding
to support State actions to overcome barriers to improving the energy
efficiency of residences through the use of Home Energy Ratings Systems
and related activities ($250,000).
Remote Applications of Solar and Renewable Energy:
Supporting State actions to design, purchase, and install solar and
renewable energy technologies in remote areas where they would displace
or avoid the use of diesel fuel or gasoline ($1,000,000).
Solar Thermal Projects: Identifying potential partners for
the field validation and operation of a concentrating solar power
system and the investigation of the benefits and design of a
residential size concentrating solar power system ($50,000).
Biomass Power Program: Identifying low-cost project
opportunities for the introduction and utilization of biomass power
technologies and biomass energy feedstocks ($200,000).
Small Wind Turbine Field Verification: Supporting State
actions to design, purchase, and install small wind energy systems to
verify the viability of such systems to produce electricity to augment
or replace electricity available from grids or direct generation
($200,000).
Million Solar Roofs: Providing incentive funding to
support State and community partnerships under the Million Solar Roofs
Initiative whose goal is to install solar energy systems on one million
U. S. buildings by 2010 ($100,000).
Geothermal Heat Pumps for Energy Smart Schools: Supporting
programs to apply geothermal heat pump technology in schools.
($200,000).
Restricted Eligibility
Eligible applicants for purposes of funding under this program are
limited to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
any territory or possession of the United States, specifically, the
State energy or other agency responsible for administering the State
Energy Program pursuant to 10 CFR part 420. For convenience, the term
State in this notice refers to all eligible State applicants.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number assigned to the
State Energy Program is 81.041.
Requirements for cost sharing contributions will be addressed in
the program guidance/solicitation for each special project activity, as
appropriate. Cost sharing contributions beyond any required percentage
are desirable.
Any application must be signed by an authorized State official, in
accordance with the program guidance/solicitation.
Evaluation Review and Criteria
A first tier review for completeness will occur at the appropriate
DOE Regional Support Office. Applications found to be complete will
undergo a merit review process by panels comprised of members
representing the participating end-use sector program in DOE's Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The end-use sector offices
select projects for funding.
The Office of State and Community Programs then recommends project
allocations to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy for final determination. DOE reserves the right to
fund, in whole or in part, any, all or none of the applications
submitted in response to this notice.
More detailed information is available from the U.S. Department of
Energy Headquarters at (202) 586-2319.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 1998.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-34321 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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