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Outline
• Goals & Principles
• Approach & Delivery
• Accessing TA– Online resources: Solution Center
– Provider network: Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
• Next Steps
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Goal: To provide Recovery Act recipients with the tools, resources and assistance needed to implement sustainable clean energy programs that support job creation and energy reductions at the state, local, and tribal level.
Goals & Principles
Guiding Principles Team Approach
• HQ Technical Assistance Team• DOE Project Officers• Regional Coordinating Teams• Provider Network• TA Infrastructure
Streamlined assistance, minimizing layers of bureaucracy
Dynamic and flexible framework, capable of responding to your needs and growing as demand requires
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Approach • Deploying regional coordinators that 1) connect grantees to
technical assistance resources and 2) identify emerging trends and training needs
• Focusing on highly leveraged projects that maximize the ratio of private investment to ARRA funds
• Designing policies and programs that extend beyond the Recovery Act period
Resource Delivery• Online: best practices, webinars, project map, templates, events
calendar, community forum
• Provider network: one-on-one assistance, workshops, peer matching
Approach & Delivery
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Accessing TA: Online Resources
Solution Center 2.0 live now: http://wip.energy.gov/solutioncenter
Resources include: best practices, templates, webinars, project map, events calendar, community forum
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Accessing TA: Provider Network
Make a request for direct technical assistance hereor call 1-877-EERE-TAP (1-877-337-3827)
Technical Assistance Center live now: https://tac.eecleanenergy.org/
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Accessing TA: Provider Network
• Requests are evaluated and assigned• Criteria, which may be considered in determining the
level and type of technical assistance: – Will the TA support the intended benefits of the Recovery Act? – Are local TA resources available? – Is the TA critical to the successful completion of the project? – Will the TA expedite the project's completion? – Will it lead to a sustainable program or project?
• A network of experts – including representatives from Natl. Labs and teams of specialists in the fields of financing, performance contracting, program design and implementation, and state and local capacity building – will respond to requests
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Provider Network Resources
State and Local Capacity Building
• Trainings• Workshops• Peer-to-peer matching
Technical • Renewable energy siting and development• Review of technical specs for RFPs• Strategic planning, energy management, and conservation strategies• Green building technologies• Building codes
Program Design and Implementation
• Policy and program development• Coordinating rate-payer funded dollars with ARRA projects and programs• Sustainable community and building design• State and regional EE and RE assessments and planning• EE and RE portfolio program design elements
Financial Program design support and guidance on financing mechanisms such as: • Revolving loan funds (RLFs)• Property-assessed clean energy (PACE)• Loan loss reserves and enhanced credit mechanisms
Performance Contracting
• Designing and implementing a performance contract • Leveraging private investment• Reducing institutional barriers• Tracking and comparing programs
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TA Delivery Summary
G R A N T E E
Request Touch Points
Grantees Project Officers (Acct Reps) Regional Coordinators TA Provider Network & TAP Website Call Center
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• One-on-One• Solution Center• Workshops• Peer Matching
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Feedback
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Next Steps
• Outreach and marketing– Letters/email blasts– Webinars– EECBG road show– Coordinators
• Needs assessment• Feedback