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Sample Grant Proposal: Low-Income Wind Energy Project
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In return for the electricity generated, Grays Harbor PUD will provide a block of credits to
Coastal CAP for an equivalent number of kWh. Coastal CAP will award these credits to
low-income families applying for energy assistance. (Grays Harbor PUD is the primary
provider of electricity in Coastal CAP’s service area.)
Key Immediate Outcomes for Intervention 1
Sign agreement with School District describing access to site.
Sign agreement with PUD to provide access to transmission lines.
Sign agreement with PUD to provide low-income credits enumerated in kWh (rather than
dollars) in return for power.
Obtain all necessary permits.
Complete financing proposals targeting foundations, federal agencies, local government, etc.
Key Intermediate Outcomes for Intervention 1
Break ground in construction of wind farm.
Coastal CAP obtains wind development expertise, allowing the agency to act as technical
assistance provider to other LIHEAP/DOE WAP/CSBG CBOs.
Performance Goals for Intervention 1
Finish construction of wind farm and connect to grid, supplying 6 Mw of power dedicated to
low-income families and controlled by CSBG CBO (Coastal CAP).
Lower by 20% the energy burden of 6,000 LIHEAP-eligible, electric-heated households by
use of low-income credits, enumerated in kWh rather than dollars and therefore not subject to
fluctuations in market pricing.
Intervention 2: Second Wind Model (Replicate Single Owner Model)
Even before the model wind farm is completed, Coastal CAP staff will have gained enough
expertise to assist any of the 29 other members of Washington’s LIHEAP/Weatherization/CSBG
network in developing their own wind projects.
Coastal CAP and Northwest SEED will offer workshops on wind development at regularly
scheduled energy coordinator conferences and other venues sponsored by Washington State
Community Action Partnership (WSCAP).
The REACh program will subcontract with “Second Wind” CBOs who wish to act as
developers. The program will target CBOs that the Washington wind map suggests are in high
wind areas (e.g., Yakima, Skamania and Klickitat Counties; see Figure 4 above). However, all
CBOs will be eligible to develop projects. Agencies do not have to be in a high-wind area. They
can act as co-developers of projects in other areas, especially if they are in the service area of one
of the three large investor-owned electric utilities.
In such cases, collaborations among CBOs may prove most productive. The greatest successes
were obtained in REACh I by groups of CBOs pooling their funds to work with the large
investor-owned utilities (Puget Sound Energy, Avista, PacifiCorp).
