[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29785-29786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Golden Field Office; State Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
Activities

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for Competitive Financial Assistance 
Applications.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing a 
competitive solicitation, DE-PS36-01GO90012, for applications for 
cooperative agreements with States to pursue energy efficiency and 
renewable energy activities which include, but are not limited to 
conducting or managing: (1) Resource, technology, and marketing 
assessments, program evaluation and management; (2) Equipment loan 
programs; (3) Workshops, conferences, or stakeholder meetings; (4) On-
site technology evaluations, economic and feasibility studies for site 
specific technologies, environmental analysis of projects and actions 
to overcome developmental barriers to Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy (EERE) energy technologies; (5) Brochures, manuals, 
publications, web-based outreach, video presentations, fact sheets, 
press releases; (6) Media events, marketing and promotional events, 
exhibit booths, distribution of materials; (7) Demonstration projects 
and state-level stakeholder coordination.

DATES: The solicitation will be issued in May 2001. The formal 
solicitation document, which includes greater detail on application 
instructions, due dates and evaluation criteria, will be available on 
the Golden Field Office website.

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ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the solicitation once it is issued, 
interested parties must access the DOE Golden Field Office Home Page at 
http://www.golden.doe.gov/businessopportunities.html, click on 
``Solicitations.'' And then locate the solicitation number identified 
above. DOE does not intend to issue written copies of the solicitation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Barron, Contracting Officer, 
DOE Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393 or 
facsimile to (303) 275-4788, or electronically to [email protected]. 
Responses to questions will be made by Amendment and posted on the DOE 
Golden Field Office Home Page.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objective of this solicitation is to 
award cooperative agreements to State Energy Offices that will support 
deploying projects under the following DOE energy technology 
initiatives (this list of EERE programs is not all inclusive): (1) Wind 
Energy; (2) Geothermal Energy; (3) Biomass Energy; (4) Distributed 
Energy Resources (DER); (5) Solar Energy; (6) Community Energy 
Partnerships; (7) Federal Energy Management; (8) Residential Energy 
Savings Program; (9) Alternative Transportation Fuels Program; (10) 
Industrial Energy Program.
    Proposals will be subject to the objective merit review procedures 
for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Eligibility 
for this assistance is restricted to Governor-designated State Energy 
Offices. For individual projects subsequently awarded, selected 
applicants may enter teaming or partnership agreements with industry, 
DOE national laboratories, institutions of higher education, non-profit 
organizations and Native American organizations.

    Issued in Golden, Colorado, on May 22, 2001.
Jerry L. Zimmer,
Director, Office of Acquisition and Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-13746 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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