Notice of Intent Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This Notice of Intent describes an upcoming U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding opportunity called Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT), managed through the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) on behalf of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The key point is that this posting is only an advance notice meant to help potential applicants prepare; it is not the actual Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), and no applications will be accepted under the Notice of Intent itself. The program is designed to provide direct grant funding to U.S. Federal agencies to support capital projects and related initiatives that increase energy efficiency and expand renewable energy investments at Federal facilities.

The planned AFFECT FOA is expected to be organized around two main technical topic areas. Topic Area 1 focuses on Combined Heat and Power (CHP), which typically involves systems that generate electricity and capture usable heat at the same time to improve overall efficiency. Topic Area 2 focuses on Renewable Energy projects and is broadly defined to include technologies such as solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean energy, geothermal, waste-to-energy, and new hydroelectric energy technologies. In practical terms, the FOA is meant to help Federal sites move from concept to implementation by funding project development and other actions that can lead to real deployment of energy-saving and clean-energy systems.

A major purpose of releasing this Notice early is to prompt Federal agencies to start doing the homework that usually determines whether a project can compete well for funding. That includes formulating project concepts, gathering site and energy-use data, lining up internal approvals, and developing partnerships that may be needed for planning, engineering, procurement, construction, operations, or measurement and verification. The Notice also highlights that, before the FOA is officially released, FEMP will offer technical assistance to Federal agencies upon request. This technical assistance is intended to help agencies identify and analyze CHP or renewable energy opportunities and evaluate relevant technologies, but it is time-limited: it is only available up until the FOA is released (tentatively expected in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014).

For submission logistics, the full FOA and application process are handled through the EERE eXCHANGE portal (https://eere-exchange.energy.gov). To apply once the FOA is open, applicants must submit through that system and must first register and create an account. The Notice points applicants to the EERE eXCHANGE User Guide (available after logging in at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx) and notes that the full FOA includes instructions on where to send questions about the announcement content and where to get help with application submission issues.

Eligibility is narrow and clearly stated: only U.S. Federal agencies can receive awards. The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant in the energy area and is associated with CFDA number 81.086 (Conservation Research and Development). Because this is a Notice of Intent rather than an open FOA, the posting lists no application deadline and shows no available funding amounts at this stage (estimated total funding, award ceiling, and award floor are all shown as 0 in the notice record). The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number DE-FOA-0000898, was posted July 9, 2013, and was archived December 31, 2013. The issuing office is the DOE Golden Field Office. For access issues related to the full announcement, the Notice provides a contact: David R. Welsh at david.welsh@go.doe.gov.

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