QUESTION
Did the administration consider using the Solar for All grant program for community and public solar programs?
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NYC applies for a $60 million Solar for All grant to support public solar initiatives, in partnership with NYSERDA, aiming to utilize funding for low-income neighborhoods.
- NYC collaborates with NYSERDA for a more competitive grant application.
- A $60 million application is submitted to support public solar initiatives.
- The application results are anticipated in spring 2023.
- The city is also exploring incentives through the Inflation Reduction Act for solar projects.
Sandy Nurse
0:29:43
The PowerUp NYC reports state that this states that the city will apply for funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas reduction fund.
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An offload.
0:29:53
To support its public solar initiatives, that fund includes the US Solar for all competitive grant program, which provides 7,000,000,000 for solar projects, specifically in low income neighborhoods.
0:30:05
The deadline for municipalities to apply for a solar for all grant was September 2023.
0:30:11
Did the administration consider using the solar for all grant program to fund community solar and public solar programs.
0:30:19
Okay.
Sanna Barakat
0:30:21
Let me just say, I will pass it in a minute.
0:30:23
I just wanna mention, I will pass it to Elijah to talk more about the EPA grant, but I wanted to mention also flagged that DECAS is also taking advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
0:30:34
And we will be applying for those incentives as well for our solar projects, and now it's fine.
Elijah Hutchinson
0:30:42
Thank you for the question.
0:30:43
Yes, we we actually were able to submit an application, and we did so in conjunction with Nyserta in the state.
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To make our application more competitive.
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If we will be finding out very soon whether we were awarded, we're expecting those application announcements to happen this spring, and we applied for $60,000,000 to support the public solar program.
Steven Caputo
0:31:05
Great.