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Opportunity Summary:

The Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnerships (CHP TAPs) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000876) is a U.S. Department of Energy effort, run through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and its Advanced Manufacturing Office, to speed up adoption of combined heat and power across the country. The program is framed as part of the federal push to address national energy challenges by using CHP, including related approaches like waste heat to power and district energy systems that incorporate CHP. It is closely tied to President Obamas August 30, 2012 Executive Order, "Accelerating Industrial Energy Efficiency," which set a national target of deploying 40 gigawatts of new, cost-effective CHP in the United States by the end of 2020. In practical terms, this funding opportunity is designed to build the on-the-ground support structure needed to get more CHP projects evaluated, developed, financed, and ultimately installed.

The main purpose of the FOA is to establish regional CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships that cover multi-state areas. These partnerships are meant to function as regional centers of expertise that can help grow and sustain the CHP market, not by selling equipment, but by providing credible, fact-based guidance to organizations that are considering or enabling CHP projects. A core expectation is that the CHP TAPs operate in a vendor-, fuel-, and technology-neutral way, so the advice and analysis they provide is not tied to any particular manufacturer, technology choice, or fuel source. The intention is to make these regional groups trusted resources that can help stakeholders navigate technical and economic questions as well as the real-world hurdles that often slow CHP projects down.

The assistance delivered by CHP TAPs is described broadly and includes both education/outreach and hands-on technical support. On the outreach side, TAPs are expected to build understanding of CHP and its potential benefits, helping stakeholders recognize where CHP fits and how it can solve common facility-level problems like high energy costs, reliability needs, steam or hot water demand, and resilience concerns. On the technical assistance side, the TAPs are expected to evaluate proposed systems and communicate the economic, energy, reliability, and environmental value of CHP options. This implies support that can range from high-level screening analyses to more detailed project development guidance, including explanations of how CHP integrates with facility thermal loads, electric loads, and operating schedules, as well as how it may affect emissions and efficiency outcomes.

The FOA emphasizes that the TAPs will support a wide range of stakeholders, reflecting the reality that CHP deployment depends on more than just an interested facility owner. End users include commercial, industrial, and institutional organizations, but the target audience also extends to state decision makers, electric and gas utilities, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations. That broad stakeholder list signals that a TAP is expected to help both the customer side (facilities that might host CHP) and the enabling environment (policies, programs, and utility interactions that determine whether projects pencil out and can interconnect smoothly). Another explicit area of support is helping stakeholders understand local electric and natural gas utility interfaces, which often includes interconnection processes, standby rates, tariffs, gas service considerations, and other utility requirements that can materially influence project timelines and economics. The FOA also points to support around project financing and state best-practice policies, indicating that TAPs are expected to help stakeholders make sense of incentives, ownership models, procurement approaches, and policy structures that can remove barriers or improve project viability.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument type, meaning awardees should expect substantial DOE involvement or collaboration during the project period compared with a more hands-off grant. The activity category is Energy, and the CFDA number listed is 81.117 (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance), which aligns with the emphasis on technical assistance, market development, and stakeholder education rather than direct construction funding. Cost sharing or matching is required, so applicants need to plan for contributing non-federal resources in accordance with the terms in the full FOA.

The opportunity was posted February 7, 2013, with an application deadline of March 22, 2013, and an archive date of December 31, 2013. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to different entity types, subject to any specific clarifications contained in the FOA text. Applications had to be submitted electronically through the EERE eXCHANGE portal, which requires prior registration and account creation, and DOE provided a user guide for applicants using that system. For applicants unable to access the announcement electronically, the contact listed is Carlo DiFranco, Grants Management Specialist, reachable at CHPTAP@go.doe.gov.

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