Application Tips
- Please be complete in your response to each question to convey a thorough understanding of your project.
- You are strongly encouraged to submit attachments with your completed application to support and strengthen your proposal, including schematics, system design drawings, site photographs, site/installation simulations, narratives, examples of other existing sustainability efforts supported by your organization, permits, renewable energy project construction estimates or bids, letters of support, etc. and any other supplemental information you consider useful in the evaluation of your project.
- Your application must include clearly stated objectives, specific plans to achieve them, site assessment findings, preliminary designs, construction plans, photos of the project/ installation site, evidence of your project’s feasibility including permitting, interconnection arrangements, and contractor/project manager experience, an expected installation timetable and itemized project budget (i.e. equipment costs, installation costs, future operating and maintenance costs, permitting costs and other relevant costs). Please itemize and describe allsources of financing or revenue, including that which has already been spent on the project or which you anticipate receiving for the project. Please provide any copies of other grant/funding award applications that have or will be submitted.
- Demonstration projects must include a plan of how the knowledge gained will be used to build the renewable energy market.
- We strongly encourage our applicants to seek funding or in-kind donations from a variety of sources to strengthen the application. Project applicants may be chosen to receive full or partial funding based on the amount requested.
Helpful links and other resources
- The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE), a comprehensive, user-friendly and free source of information on state, local, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Renewable Energy Project Finance website – a resource for exploring funding and financing options.
- Customer Generation – Rocky Mountain Power Net-metering /Interconnection Requirements information.
- The Department of Energy’s Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments. The guide is intended to help communities accelerate their adoption of solar energy technologies and help communities better understand the steps necessary to permit and license solar energy installations and how to streamline those processes. It is available online.
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stimulus Funds - the U.S. Department of Energy's site providing information on the goals, the requirements and how to apply for funding through this program.
- USDA Renewable Energy Grants for Rural Communities - information regarding the eligibility requirements and applying for funding through the USDA's Rural Energy for America program.
- US Department of Energy Financial Assistance - information regarding the U.S. Department of Energy's financial assistance regulations, policies and access to forms and information for applicants and recipients.
- Renewable Energy RFPs - U.S. Department of Energy's lists solicitations and a variety of information for green power markets.
Questions about the fund award, the questionnaire and the funding process should be submitted to blueskyprojects@rockymountainpower.net.
