Handbook
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Program Guide | |||||||||
| Recovery Act Local Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) Initiative | |||||||||
| Progress Indicator |
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| Federal Program Information | |||||||||
| Federal Program Description |
The Local Energy Assurance (LEAP) Initiative focuses on developing new, or refining existing, plans to integrate new energy portfolios (renewables, biofuels, etc) and new applications, such as Smart Grid technology (http://www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm), into energy assurance and emergency preparedness plans. The objectives are to: 1. Strengthen and expand local government energy assurance planning and resiliency; 2. Reduce the impacts from energy supply disruptions, and 3. Create jobs. It will focus on building local energy assurance capability to allow Cities to better coordinate and communicate state-wide, regionally and with one another, on energy security and reliability and related emergency response issues. To achieve the goals on this initiative, applicants will be encouraged to consider the following activities when proposing projects under the FOA: • Creating in-house expertise at the local level on energy assurance planning and resiliency, focusing on Smart Grid applications and vulnerabilities, critical infrastructure interdependencies, cyber security, energy supply systems, energy data analysis, and communications; • Developing new, or refining existing, Energy Assurance Plans to incorporate response actions to new energy portfolios, including Smart Grid technologies; • Developing new, or modifying existing energy assurance plan modeled after the Public Technology Institute Local Energy Assurance Guidelines (http://www.pti.org/docs-sust/LocalGovernmentEnergyAssuranceGuidelines.pdf); • Revising appropriate City policies, procedures and practices to reflect the Energy Assurance Plans; • Training appropriate personnel on energy infrastructure and supply systems and the content and execution of energy assurance plans; • Conducting energy emergency exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of the energy assurance plans; • Assessing the readiness of a local jurisdiction to an energy emergency; • Building organization relationships and identifying responsibilities within local and state government, the private sector and the region; • Identifying actions that can ease the impacts of short-term energy disruptions; • Defining long-term strategies and options for dealing with sustained disruptions or outages; • Elevating the awareness of energy security and energy assurance issues; • Indentifying steps to work with industry minimize and resolve the impact of energy supply disruptions; • Introducing new, valuable energy assurance resources; • Defining strategies for implementing new technologies and innovative renewable energy resources, including Smart Grid technologies; • Evaluating financing options to meet energy assurance needs; and • Sharing lesson-learned and best practices among other local governments across the country. Although the DOE encourages cities to assure coordination between DOE-funded and any other energy programs, funds received under this announcement cannot be used to supplant funds under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, the Annual State Energy Program (SEP) or the Recovery Act SEP Program nor can the funds under those programs be used for activities under this FOA. |
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| CFDA Number | 81.122 | ||||||||
| Assistance Type | Project Grants | ||||||||
| ARRA Citation | Page 24: DIVISION A Appropriations Provisions: TITLE IV Energy and Water Development: Department of Energy: Energy Programs: Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability | ||||||||
| ARRA Reporting |
Reporting requirements are identified on the Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist, DOE F 4600.2, attached to the award agreement. See Attachment E, Reporting Requirements. |
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| Federal Agency | Department of Energy | ||||||||
| NYS Information | |||||||||
| NYS Program Title | NA | ||||||||
| NYS Agency | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority | ||||||||
| Contact | Mark S. Eggers | ||||||||
| mse@NYSERDA.org | |||||||||
| Phone | 518.862-1090 x3308 | ||||||||
| Program Funding | |||||||||
| National Total | $10,500,000 | ||||||||
| NYS Share | TBD | ||||||||
| Flow of Funds |
Proposals for competitive funds are submitted by eligible entities to DOE. DOE selects projects to be funded and issues contracts. |
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| Deadline | The Department of Energy anticipates making awards with a single project period not to exceed twenty four (24) months. | ||||||||
| Federal Grant Notice(s) | |||||||||
| Status | Closed | ||||||||
| Title | Recovery Act Local Energy Assurance Planning (LEAP) Initiative DE-FOA-0000098 | ||||||||
| Eligible Entries |
In accordance with 10 CFR 600.6(b), eligibility for award is restricted to U.S. Cities. For the purpose of this FOA, a “city” is defined as a city-equivalent unit of local government, such as a town, village or other municipality. Consolidated city-county governments will be considered as cities and will be eligible. A city is eligible for funds under this FOA if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The city government is included in the latest available U.S. Census of Governments as a currently incorporated government; 2. The city government has a governance structure with an elected official and governing body; and 3. The city government has the authority to implement the eligible activities under this FOA. |
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| Website | https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/?doc=DE-FOA-0000098&agency=DOE | ||||||||
| Deadline | 10/08/2009 | ||||||||
| Awards and Outcomes | |||||||||
| Website | http://www.recovery.gov/transparency/pages/home.aspx?State=NY | ||||||||
