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Applicant eligibility for project category F: Federally recognized tribal government K-12 school district Local government (see definition in Section 1.7) Public higher education institution Public retail electric utility (municipal or public utility district) State agency
F. Solar installations on existing public buildings Construction projects only Must purchase and install solar PV only at an existing public building (must have a certificate of occupancy prior to application). See definition of public building in section 1.7
B. Dual-use solar Planning or a construction project Must involve commercial, dual-use solar power demonstration
C. Hard to decarbonize and economic development Planning or a construction project. Planning a project must lead to a capital asset.
The project must achieve one or more of the following goals: a. Reduce emissions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors (see definition)
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D. Grid integration and innovation Planning or a construction project Must develop and demonstrate distributed energy resources and non-wire alternatives Must be for electrical grid integration and innovation projects Must do at least one of the following: o Support implementation of demand response o Improve integration of renewable energy and energy storage o Advance community resilience o Support implementation of sustainable microgrids o Accelerate beneficial load integration and demand management for at least one of the following: Building electrification Equipment electrification Electric vehicle charging.
Applicant eligibility for project category E: Federally recognized tribe Local government
E. Clean energy siting and permitting Planning projects only Must support siting and permitting of clean energy projects through at least one of the following methods: o Support pre-development work at sites for clean energy projects o Support land use studies o Conduct or engage in planning efforts such as planned actions and programmatic environmental impact statements (EIS) o Improve permit timeliness and certainty with staff, expertise or databases
A. Large scale solar innovation Planning or a construction project. Planning project must lead to a capital asset. Solar array(s) must have alternating current (AC) nameplate capacity of more than 100 kW at a single site or more than 1 MW across multiple sites Cannot displace critical habitat or productive farmland