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Sample Grant Proposal: Low-Income Wind Energy Project
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In Pierce County, part of Tacoma is a federal Enterprise Community and was also designated a
Renewal Community in 2002. Unemployment in Tacoma’s Renewal Community is 18 percent,
with 72 percent of the families in the area identified as low-income. Pierce County’s CSBG
entities (Metropolitan Development Council and Pierce County) were active participants in
REACh I, working with Tacoma Power to develop a new low-income energy assistance
program. The Pierce County CAAs (both members of WSCAP) reviewed this application and
are potential partners with the CSBG entities in Yakima County. (Yakima and Pierce Counties
are contiguous.)
Project Strategy and Design:
Interventions, Outcomes, Goals, Impact [7]
Philosophy
The project treats the low-income community as active developers of power, rather than simply
as passive consumers of power. To escape the volatility of market-priced energy sources, the
project focuses on wind, a cost-based energy resource widely available in Washington State.
Mission and Impact
The project’s mission is to increase the self-sufficiency of low-income families by securing
stable energy sources and additional nonfederal energy assistance through participation in the
rollout of the wind power industry in Washington State.
