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Sample Grant Proposal: Low-Income Wind Energy Project
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Final Goals
The mission can be achieved by accomplishing the following goals:
1.
In partnership with utilities and the LIHEAP/Weatherization/CSBG Network, develop 12
megawatts of wind power dedicated to low-income households. The 12 megawatts will be
produced by facilities with a useful life of 20 years.
2.
Increase utility contributions toward lowering energy burdens by obtaining subsidies for
wind development dedicated to low-income households.
3.
Reduce the energy burden of 12,000 LIHEAP-eligible families by 20%
4.
For the 12,000 target families, reduce disconnects by 20%.
5.
For the 12,000 target families, increase regularity of payments by 15%.
6.
For the 12,000 target families, reduce mobility (a predictor of homelessness) by 15%.
7.
Improve the health and safety of vulnerable households by reducing the energy burden for
3,700 families that include an elderly person, 3,000 families that include a disabled person,
and 2,900 families that include a young child.
NOTE: Each of the benefits described in Goals 3-7 above will be achieved annually for
approximately 20 years, the useful life of a wind turbine facility.
Interventions
In general, REACh funds will be used as funding for high leverage activities such as partnership-
building, technical assistance, and grant writing. The effect of these activities will be to position
the LIHEAP/Weatherization/CSBG Network at the table as wind power develops in Washington
State. Actual funding for wind power construction will come from non-REACh funds.
Just as public, cooperative, and investor-owned utilities share in development of other forms of
energy generation, there will be various ownership models of wind energy production as the
industry develops. The project will seek to influence the development of each of these models to
ensure that the interests of low-income families are considered.
The project will have four primary interventions, explained below in more detail.
1.
Single Owner Model
2.
Second Wind (Replicate Single Owner Model)
3.
Cooperative Model
4.
Process Participation
5.
Tailored Energy Assistance Programs
Intervention 1: Single Owner Model
The project will help LIHEAP/Weatherization/CSBG CBOs acquire and operate their own wind-
turbines, exchanging the energy produced for rate discounts/rebates to low-income customers.
The project will work initially with one community action agency to develop a multi-turbine
wind farm. The initial project will serve as a model for replication by other community action
agencies in Washington State.
