Author: OEP Staff Published: 2/16/22 Our Energy Policy
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The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) Jobs and Internships
Author: ILSR Staff Published: 2/18/22 ILSR
Interested in fighting corporate concentration and building local power?Join our team!
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Neighborhood Prosperity Fund (NPF)
Author: DMPED Staff Published: 2/17/22 Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) invites the submission of proposals for the Neighborhood Prosperity Fund (NPF).
Purpose
NPF incentivizes community development, economic growth, and job creation by leveraging local funds to provide financing for projects that attract private investment to distressed communities. Grant funds support architectural and engineering costs, construction costs, tenant improvements, historical preservation building improvements to maintain compliance with applicable laws, development analysis, rent abatement and/or tenant concessions for up to 3 years to stabilize market rent.
Award
DMPED will award up to $4,000,000.00 total in grants to be disbursed to successful applicants of the FY22 Neighborhood Prosperity Fund. Minimum request per application is $250,000.00.
Eligible businesses
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) non-profit corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, cooperatives, and limited liability types of companies, corporations, and for-profit and non-profit developers.
Eligible Projects are defined as projects that combine two or more of the following types of development: mixed used (commercial portion only), retail, food services office, or special purpose developments limited to urgent care centers and other health or medical facilities. Projects must be within the statutory boundaries of the Neighborhood Prosperity Fund.
Prospective applicants can verify their location eligibility via the interactive mapping tool found at here. Projects located outside of a qualifying Neighborhood Prosperity Fund statutory boundary will not be considered.
Application
The application to apply for the FY22 Neighborhood Prosperity Fund opens on Friday, February 25, 2022 and closes on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST.
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Locally Made Manufacturing Grant
The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) invites the submission of proposals for the DC Local Equity, Access and Preservation Funds – Locally Made Manufacturing Grant Program (“Locally Made”).
Purpose
The Office of the Deputy Mayor recognizes manufacturing supply chains have become more complicated due to multiple suppliers, challenging international trade and import and export regulations, and the rapid acceleration of e-commerce demands and absorption, and the exacerbation of the COVID-19 global pandemic and public health emergency. Supply chains were distressed and, in some cases, disrupted. There is increasing need to manufacture and procure consumer goods locally.
Award
DMPED will award up to $500,000.00 total in grants to be disbursed to successful applicants of the Grant. Maximum request per application is $100,000.00.
Eligible businesses
Existing small business whose core business aligns with light manufacturing and is located either within or plans to move to a Great Street Corridor are eligible. See map here.
Application
The application to apply for the FY22 Neighborhood Prosperity Fund opens on Friday, February 25, 2022 and closes on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST.
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Call for Interconnection Improvements; State Policy Preview; Webinar – DERs in Wholesale Markets & Distribution Networks
Author: AEE Staff Published: 2/17/22 AEE NEWS
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SoSolar Snapshot: New CSP and PV Funding; Permitting Pilot Results Webinar Today
Author: US DOE SETO Staff Published: 2/17/22 SETO
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Receive Discounts on Your Utility Bills (UDP) in DC
Author: WIN Staff Published: 2/16/22 Washington Informer News
ILSR Wins EPA Award for Building Resilient Communities
Author: Stacy Mitchell Published: 2/16/22 ILSR
TOP FEATURE
The EPA Recognizes ILSR for Diverting Food Waste From Landfills. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the Institute for Local Self-Reliance as an awardee in the Food Recovery Challenge’s Regional Grantee category. It recognizes ILSR for building resilient and healthy communities, advancing local composting, and enhancing soils for local food production. Read more…
CHALLENGING CORPORATE POWER
- Utilities Try to Corner the Market. With their control of data, infrastructure, and political influence, electric utilities slow deployment of electric transmission unless it maximizes their profits. This podcast with Ari Peskoe, Director of the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative, uncovers how our clean energy future could be forestalled by entrenched utility companies. Read more…
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Experts Share Options for States to Fund Recycling Infrastructure. More investment is needed to increase the United States’ waste prevention, reuse, and recycling capacity. In this recent ILSR webinar, state agency representatives from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Iowa presented on grant and loan programs that support waste diversion. Watch the webinar…
BUILDING LOCAL POWER
- Apply for AARP’s Community Challenge Grant Program. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has announced the latest round of its Community Challenge Grant Program. The program directs funding toward a wide range of projects attempting to build more resilient, livable, equitable communities. Applications for the current round are due March 22nd. Read more…
- Communities Can Use Federal Recovery Funds to Support Small Business Development. A new report from ILSR suggests twelve ways in which communities can use some of their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocations to strengthen and grow small businesses. It spotlights towns and cities that are already using the money to cultivate small-scale manufacturing, provide affordable commercial space, close the racial entrepreneurship gap, and more. Read the report and watch the webinar…
We’re Hiring! ILSR is looking for an experienced communications professional to join our team as Communications Director.Learn more here.
NABS Successfully Builds A National Team Applies for EDA Good Jobs Challenge Opportunity
NABS Consortium Staff Published: 2/13/22 NABS
Solar Sustainability Across America (SSAA) Project
Solar Sustainability Across America (SSAA) is a collaborative effort of sectoral partnerships
consisting of Tougaloo College, Global Apprenticeship Foundation, Power52 Foundation, and the
National Association of Blacks in Solar (NABS). Our Consortium works to enhance and promote
educational training awareness to disadvantaged citizens of all ages and backgrounds. SSAA has
support from industry employer partners, other non-profit organizations, faith-based
organizations, government officials, educational institutions, and political figures.
SSAA will provide training and job placement for 750 new solar installers and professionals in Maryland,
Washington, DC/Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi. Our program
training model provides 8 weeks of Pre-Apprenticeship training accredited by the National Center
for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) which includes a 1-week solar training boot
camp followed by a two-year Department of Labor solar installer Apprenticeship. Apprentices
receive 4,000 hours of on-the-job training and 320 clock-hours of classroom instruction.
Our accredited curriculum not only provides technical solar training and behavioral competency
training, but will also be articulated to college credits at Tougaloo College and Pittsburgh Technical College for graduates seeking to pursue a college degree.
Our highly regarded training model prepares Apprentices for the industry recognized NABCEP Credentials and Certifications. Wraparound services and mentorship will be provided to mitigate barriers as well as increase employment retention rates for our graduates. As a part of our wraparound service model,
Apprentices will also receive industry required tools and materials.
Link to Podcast: “Solar Now And The Future With Its Economic Impact On Black America”
Solar Sustainability Across America (SSAA) Project
PRESS RELEASE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES STRONG RESPONSE TO THE GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE, DEMONSTRATING APPLICANTS’ COMMITMENT TO CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICA’S WORKFORCE
509 A applications Received from Partnerships across all States, Territories and the District of Columbia
Contact: EDA Public Affairs Department, (202) 482-4085
February 23, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that it has received 509 applications for its American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge program. Applicants represent significant interest from a diverse range of stakeholders in communities across America: EDA received applications from partnerships in all States, territories and the District of Columbia, and applicant partnerships are comprised of State, local and Tribal governments, Institutions of Higher Education, non-profit organizations, and organized labor. Together, these applicants demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting underserved communities and groups with barriers to employment. The high interest in the program shows the need for workforce development opportunities for communities, workers, and businesses across the country.
Click here for the full list of applicants. (PDF)
The Good Jobs Challenge is designed to help get Americans back to work by developing holistic regional workforce systems with strong sectoral and employer partnerships that will lead to good-paying jobs.
This $500 million EDA investment will build and strengthen workforce systems and industry partnerships, providing new opportunities for America’s workforce to develop in-demand skills that lead to good-paying jobs in high-demand fields. By making equity a top priority and investing in wraparound services, this investment is focused on removing barriers to training, particularly for those workers hit hardest by the pandemic, including women and people of color. EDA anticipates making approximately 25 to 50 awards.
“The Biden Administration is committed to developing employer-driven partnerships that respond to the talent and training needs of companies across the country while also leading to good-paying jobs for the American people,” said Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. “The Good Jobs Challenge will connect workforce training programs with industries and businesses to create a pipeline of skilled workers and help remove barriers for Americans to access good-paying jobs through training and wrap-around services.”
“The Good Jobs Challenge is designed to build up a strong workforce, which will lead to a stronger economy,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo. “The applicants represent hundreds of local partnerships dedicated to working together to create new opportunities and pathways towards financial security to lift up American workers with training and support that leads to good-paying jobs.”
To find a list of applicants and to read Assistant Secretary Alejandra Y. Castillo’s letter to them, please click here.
On July 22, 2021, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that EDA began implementing a series of programs, collectively called Investing in America’s Communities, to equitably invest the $3 billion it received from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act to help communities across the country build back better. The American Rescue Plan EDA investment is the largest economic development initiative from the U.S. Department of Commerce in decades.
About the U.S. Economic Development Administration (www.eda.gov)
The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA invests in communities and supports regional collaboration in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.
New Legislation Dedicates Annual Funding for the Green Bank
Author: Staff MCGB Published: 2/6/22 MCGB
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U.S. Department of Energy’s National Community Solar Partnership Annual Summit
Author: US DOE Staff Published: 2/1/2022 DOE
Dear Community Solar Champion,
Thank you for joining the National Community Solar Partnership’s second Annual Summit, “To 5 Million and Beyond: Community Solar’s Pathway to Success”! We were thrilled to be able to explore NCSP’s new target and the pathway to success initiatives with over 600 partners and community solar stakeholders last week. We were also excited to hear from so many incredible speakers, including Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Governor Jay Inslee (WA) and Governor JB Pritzker (IL), community solar finance experts, technical assistance providers and recipients, and a roundtable of community solar developer CEOs that provided context to and generated considerable energy for these new initiatives.
Although the Summit is over, the work toward the new target is just beginning and we cannot reach it without you. Here’s how you can join us on the pathway to success:
- Join the National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP)! Connect with over 900 community solar stakeholders and exclusive resources and opportunities by becoming an NCSP partner. Partnership is free and open to any individual residing or doing business in the U.S. Additional opportunities to engage in NCSP initiatives will be made available through the Mobilize community.
- Register for our upcoming webinar, “Getting to 5 Million: Current Community Solar Market Trends and Pathways to Reach 5 Million Households,” on the latest market data on community solar and how the initiatives on the Pathway to Success can impact future growth.
- Apply for technical assistance through the NCSP Technical Assistance program, which offers technical and analytical expertise at no cost to registered NCSP partners.
We also hope you’ll check out the recording of the event and resources shared throughout the day. Recordings segmented by session and additional resources are available to NCSP partners on the Mobilize platform.
View the Recording of the NCSP Annual Summit
Finally, we encourage you to sign on to publicly support the new NCSP target. We are all working to support deployment of enough community solar to power the equivalent of 5 million households by 2025, generating $1 billion in energy bill savings. We’re excited to share that we now have over 150 partners publicly committed to the new target! Partners making a public commitment will be featured in NCSP media.
Sign on to Publicly Support the New NCSP Target
Thank you again for joining the NCSP Annual Summit and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with you to accelerate equitable and affordable community solar for all.
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The NCSP is a coalition of community solar stakeholders working to expand access to affordable community solar. Led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), NCSP partners leverage peer networks and technical assistance resources to set goals and overcome barriers to expanding community solar access. To access exclusive resources, opportunities, and a network of over 900 community solar stakeholders, register to become a partner today.