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THE AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS (THE “TRIBE”) WILL INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MONITOR SOLAR PV (PHOTOVOLTAIC) ARRAYS AND ENERGY STORAGE PROJECTS ON ESSENTIAL TRIBAL FACILITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 880-KW (KILOWATTS) OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 918-KWH (KILOWATT HOURS) OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (BESS) AND RESULT IN AN APPROXIMATE SAVINGS OF APPROXIMATELY $8.73 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE SYSTEM.

SYSTEMS WILL BE INTERCONNECTED WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON UTILITY (SCE) GRID WILL BE UNDER THE CURRENT STATE OF CALIFORNIA NET ENERGY METERING 3.0 PLAN FOR ALL INTERCONNECTION POINTS.

Agua Caliente Band Of Cahuilla Indians

DE-FOA-0003298: CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT ON TRIBAL LANDS - 2024 UNDER THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA), THE DOE OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY IS SOLICITING APPLICATIONS FROM INDIAN TRIBES, WHICH INCLUDE ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL CORPORATIONS AND VILLAGE CORPORATIONS, INTERTRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS TO: (1) INSTALL CLEAN ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM(S) AND/OR ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURE(S) FOR TRIBAL BUILDING(S) (TOPIC AREA 1); OR, (2) DEPLOY COMMUNITY-SCALE CLEAN ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM(S) OR COMMUNITY ENERGY STORAGE ON TRIBAL LANDS (TOPIC AREA 2); OR, (3) INSTALL INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM(S) FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATION (INDEPENDENT OF THE TRADITIONAL CENTRALIZED ELECTRIC POWER GRID) TO POWER A SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ESSENTIAL TRIBAL BUILDINGS DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR FOR TRIBAL COMMUNITY RESILIENCE (TOPIC AREA 3); OR, (4) PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER TO TRIBAL BUILDING(S), WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD BE UNELECTRIFIED (TOPIC AREA 4). SEE SECTION III.A. OF THE FOA FOR ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION AND APPENDIX A FOR THE DEFINITIONS. UNLESS DOE APPROVES A REQUESTED COST SHARE REDUCTION FROM 20% TO 10%, ALL APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE NON-FEDERAL COST SHARE OF AT LEAST 20% OF THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE COSTS OF THE PROJECT (I.E., THE SUM OF THE FEDERAL SHARE AND THE NON-FEDERAL RECIPIENT COST SHARE OF ALLOWABLE COSTS EQUALS THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE COST OF THE PROJECT). COST SHARE REDUCTION REQUESTS OF LESS THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. IF REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT AS PART OF ITS APPLICATION, A COST SHARE REDUCTION FROM 20% TO 10% MAY BE CONSIDERED BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED, SPECIFICALLY (1) POVERTY RATE, OR (2) MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY AS A PERCENTAGE OF STATEWIDE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. (SEE SECTION III.B.2. OF THE FOA AND ‘APPLICATION FORMS AND TEMPLATES’ FOR THIS FOA ON IE-EXCHANGE). DOE EXPECTS TO MAKE APPROXIMATELY $25 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR NEW AWARDS UNDER THIS FOA. DOE ANTICIPATES MAKING APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 AWARDS UNDER THIS FOA. DOE MAY ISSUE AWARDS IN ONE, MULTIPLE, OR NONE OF THE TOPIC AREAS. ALL MODIFICATIONS TO THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IN THE BODY OF THE FOA. MODIFICATION 0001 SECTION II.A.1. (ESTIMATED FUNDING) – AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH 5 FOR SUBTOPIC AREA 3.A. (POWERING ESSENTIAL TRIBAL BUILDING(S), ADD A PARENTHESIS AFTER BUILDING(S) AND CHANGE $2,000,000 TO $2,500,000 (PAGE 30).

81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development

Golden Field Office (GFO) [DOE - EERE]

Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs [DOE]

Palm Springs, California United States

City-Wide

DE-FOA-0003298: CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT ON TRIBAL LANDS - 2024 (DE-FOA-0003298)