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Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance (PON 3414) is sponsored by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). This program provides grants to address barriers for solar and/or storage installations serving low-to-moderate income (LMI) households living in rental housing, multifamily buildings, or other households not served by traditional onsite residential solar/storage.
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Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance (PON 3414) Your browser does not support iFrames Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance (PON 3414) Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance will provide up to a total of $12,450,000 to address barriers for solar and/or storage installations serving low-to-moderate income (LMI) households living in rental housing, multifamily buildings, or other households not served by traditional onsite residential solar or storage.
Individual awards will not exceed $200,000. Funding to proposals through this solicitation will offset costs for predevelopment and technical assistance work needed to implement solar and/or storage installations for multifamily affordable housing and/or shared solar (Community Distributed Generation) installations that benefit LMI households.
Note: Applicants must fill out and upload Attachments A-E to the online application for a submission to be considered complete.
Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance - Summary Attachment A - Proposal Checklist Attachment B - Disclosure of Prior Findings of Non-Responsibility Attachment C - Application Project Detail Attachment D - Application Work Plan Attachment E - Application Budget Attachment F - Standard Agreement BEFORE YOU BID: NYSERDA requires contractors producing content intended to be published to the World Wide Web to adhere to NYSERDA's Accessibility Policy.
This includes, but is not limited to, deliverables such as: documents (PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.), audio (. mp3, . wav, etc.), video (.
mp4, . mpg, . avi, etc.), graphics (.
jpg, . png, etc.), web pages (. html, .
aspx, etc.), and other multimedia and streaming media content. For more information, see NYSERDA's Accessibility Requirements [PDF] . Some files may require a free "helper" application to view: Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader | Free Microsoft Office Apps You are leaving the website.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Organizations and projects serving low-to-moderate income (LMI) households living in rental housing, multifamily buildings, or other households not served by traditional onsite residential solar/storage. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows individual awards not exceeding $200,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance (PON 3414) is funded by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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