The Department of Energy’s ETIPP helps U.S. coastal, remote, and island communities become more energy resilient. These communities have unique physical features that fundamentally shape what energy options are available. For many of these communities, access to resilient, reliable, and affordable energy resources is a priority. ETIPP helps communities to assess and advance the solutions that best meet their needs.

Communities selected for ETIPP receive up to 24 months of in-kind technical assistance and may be eligible to receive up to $50,000 to support their projects depending on whether they pursue strategic energy planning or deep-dive technical assistance through ETIPP. Communities and technical assistance providers then execute the project over a period of 4–24 months.

Eligibility

ETIPP is open to communities and organizations in the United States and its territories that are experiencing energy resilience challenges due to their remote geography, aging infrastructure, and exposure to harsh weather conditions, among other considerations. To be eligible for the program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• The benefitting community must be in an ETIPP supported region, as defined by the

• The benefitting community must be in an ETIPP supported region, as defined by the

  existing Regional Partners.

• The lead applicant is a local government (e.g., municipality, county, city, town), a Tribe or Tribal organization, a community-based organization (including nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations), a special purpose district (e.g., school district, water district, sewer district), an academic institution, a municipal utility, or an electric co-op.

• Private entities that are part of an application must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.

• Academic institutions that are part of an application must be based in the United States.

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• The lead applicant is a local government (e.g., municipality, county, city, town), a Tribe or Tribal organization, a community-based organization (including nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations), a special purpose district (e.g., school district, water district, sewer district), an academic institution, a municipal utility, or an electric co-op.
• Private entities that are part of an application must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
• Academic institutions that are part of an application must be based in the United States.

How to Apply

Applicants are encouraged to apply online and ensure that they have submitted at least two Stakeholder Support Forms on behalf of their application and their strategic energy plan, if applicable.

Contact

Contact an ETIPP Regional Partner or email ETIPP@nrel.gov.

The ETIPP Regional Partner for the Southeastern Seaboard Region (including Georgia) is Groundswell, with the following points of contact:

• John Roberts, Jr. john.roberts@groundswell.org
• David Wright david.wright@groundswell.org