U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary – Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech is requesting proposals for its Energizing Insular Communities Program for FY2018 funding.
Those eligible to apply are local government entities, independent authorities, and educational institutions located in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The deadline is May 31st.
Assistant Secretary Domenech says Island communities have a perennial struggle of high costs for fuel.
Lowering energy costs to consumers is a key goal of these grants.
This program supports the Secretary and the President’s priority to utilize our natural resources by ensuring American energy is available to meet security and economic needs.
Criteria that the Office of Insular Affairs will use in evaluating proposals are
• Estimated size of reduction in a territory’s dependence on off-island fuels;
• Estimated size of reduction in cost of electricity in the territory; and
• Degree to which the proposal is identified and supported in the territory’s Strategic Energy Plan and/or Energy Action Plan.
In addition, multiple project proposals may be submitted, ranging from a minimum of $150,000 per project to the full $2,8 million expected to be available.
The grant may be found at the Grants.gov website under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or CFDA number 15.875
