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Description of Modification
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
DE-FOA-0000098
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 20, 2009
Creation Date:
Oct 07, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 08, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 22, 2009
Archive Date:
Nov 20, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$300,000
Award Floor:
$60,000
CFDA Number(s):
81.122
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Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Research, Development and Analysis
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Description
A goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009 (ARRA), in part,is to: ¿facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply¿ and¿enhancereliability and quicker repair of outages.¿ This initiative will createjobsat the local level and allow Cities to have well-developed, standardizedenergyassurance and resiliency plans that they can rely on during energyemergenciesand supply disruptions. City governments will address energy supplydisruptionrisks and vulnerabilities in their plans to lessen the devastating impactthatsuch incidents have on the economy and the health and safety of citizens.This initiative, (restricted to U.S. cities) called ¿Local Energy AssurancePlanning¿ (hereinafter called the LEAP Initiative) focuses on developingnew,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 andemergencypreparedness plans. Better planning efforts will help contribute to theresiliency of the energy sector, including the electricity grid, byfocusing onthe entire energy supply system, which includes refining, storage, anddistribution of fossil and renewable fuels.
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