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Sample Grant Proposal: Low-Income Wind Energy Project
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Similar strategies will be helpful in the current project to connect projects to transmission lines
and establish power purchase agreements. For example, the Community Action Center of
Whitman County (poor in wind resources) might wish to collaborate with the Klickitat-Skamania
Development Council (rich in wind resources). Even though the two service areas are not
contiguous, both are served by Avista.
Subcontracts will be signed in the first year to allow two years to develop additional wind
resources.
Once the subcontracts are signed, the development process will follow the same lines as
Intervention 1 above, including:
First Scan
Site Assessment & Acquisition
Permitting
Access to Transmission Lines
Construction
Financing
Power Purchase Agreements/Low-Income Credits
Key Immediate Outcomes for Intervention 2
Second Wind CBOs learn more about wind power development
CBOs develop collaborations with other CBOs, utilities
CBOs are awarded subcontracts
Key Intermediate Outcomes for Intervention 2
Second Wind CBOs identify sites, sign agreements with utilities, obtain necessary permits,
obtain financing
CBOs break ground in construction of wind farm
Performance Goals for Intervention 2
Finish construction of additional wind farms and connect to grid, supplying 3 Mw of power
dedicated to low-income families and controlled by LIHEAP/DOE WAP/CSBG CBOs.
Lower by 20% the energy burden of 3,000 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 3: Cooperative Model
The development process is complex and can be intimidating. The
LIHEAP/Weatherization/CSBG CBOs will be offered a wealth of training and technical
assistance, but some may still not wish to take on the process.
Intervention 3 is an option for CBOs who wish to participate but do not themselves wish to
become wind developers. Under this model, the CBOs become part owners in cooperatively-
owned wind farms with blocks of power set aside for low-income households. Western S.U.N.
will provide training and technical assistance to CBOs on how cooperatively-owned power
projects work. (See Memorandum of Understanding attached in Appendix J.)
