Request for Proposals for Competitive Member Agency Grants

Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) is offering $3 Million in noncompetitive grant funding to support each of the thirteen member agencies' clean energy and climate goals. Each member agency will receive a baseline of $100,000 in grant funding, with remaining funds distributed based on the agencies' percentage of SVCE electric load. Eligible projects must support building electrification, transportation electrification, energy resilience, or community engagement on these topics. Projects must be located at public sites or municipal operation facilities. Eligible project types include fleet electrification (converting to electric vehicles, installing L2 or DCFC charging), facility electrification (removing gas infrastructure and replacing with heat pumps, kitchen electrification), facility and fleet resilience (solar plus battery storage), decarbonization demonstrations, and innovative community engagement initiatives such as community needs assessments, resilience hub tours, electric home tours, induction cooktop campaigns, and rebates for electric appliances.

Each of the thirteen member agencies will receive a specific allocation based on their percentage of SVCE load, ranging from $106,521 (Monte Sereno at 0%) to $594,923 (Sunnyvale at 29%). Grant funding allocations are fixed and do not vary based on project selection. The timeline includes release of the grant form on October 30, 2024, with completed grant forms due by December 5, 2025. Grant agreements will be established at the earliest convenience following approval. Deadline to spend grant funds for engagement projects is December 31, 2027, and for capital projects is December 31, 2028.

Applications must be submitted as completed grant forms approved by the member agency and signed by the member agency's chief executive. Reimbursement for grant funds is provided post-project and requires submission of a cover letter on agency letterhead summarizing the project, an itemized list of all expenditures, supporting documentation clearly identifying expenditures in relation to project scope, and a final agency report documenting lessons learned. SVCE allows stacking with the Competitive Member Agency Grant and with regional, utility, state, and federal grants, but does not allow stacking with previous SVCE grants.