Staff to support the implementation was not hired until 2023 which is after the initiation period stated in the plan.
In mid-2023, a new Grant Coordinator was hired to help lead this work. In Fall 2023, an Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant (EECBG) was submitted to the United States Department of Energy. In early 2024, the City was awarded a $148,550 EECBG grant that assists low-income households with energy efficiency, electrification and resiliency to extreme heat. For more information on this Whole Home Health program, see Action AR.1 Public Health. Additional funding is being sought to support this effort.
If awarded, this $125K grant would have provided further support for the City's Whole Home Health program.
The City was awarded the Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant in the amount of $148,550, that will help fund energy efficiency and electrification of low-income households.
If awarded, this will provide valuable expert Technical Assistance to further our goals for energy equity for renters. Unfortunately, the City was not awarded this grant.
Applied to this Department of Energy competitive grant opportunity, via the Equity-Centered Innovation Pathway. Learned in September 2023 that we were not selected for the $400,000 award.
In response to the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) formal Request for Information (RFI), the City's electric utility, Longmont Power & Communications, presented the benefits on-bill financing would provide residents in helping pay for energy improvements to their home, particularly income-qualified and/or those for whom conventional credit/loans could be an obstacle. Submitted RFI's will help shape future programs the CEO is able to offer.