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Introduction

If your community received an email notification from NYSERDA indicating that your local government is eligible to apply for a grant under NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities Program, and you would like to initiate the process, complete the steps below.

Submitting Proposals

  1. Log into the Clean Energy Communities Program on the NYSERDA Portal. Directions to access this site can be found in Logging into the NYSERDA Portal (Salesforce).

  2. After logging into the NYSERDA Portal, click the Create a New Submission button.

    If your community has previously submitted proposals, they will appear as a list above the Create a New Submission button. Unsubmitted proposals can be accessed and completed from this list.

  3. On the first page of the online submittal form, click that Add a Contact button.

    All proposal submittals require at least one contact to be added. This will be the point person that will work with NYSERDA throughout the submission, review, and approval process.

  4. On the Add a Contact window, complete all required fields. Additional contacts can be added if necessary, though at least one contact must be designated as the Primary Contact and one contact must be designated as the Contract Signer. A single contact can be designated as both.

  5. After completing all the required fields for a contact, click the Save Changes button. The Add a Contact window will close, returning you to the first page of the online submittal form.

  6. After all contacts have been added, click the Continue button (shown on the screenshot in step 3 above) to advance to the second page of the online submittal form. You cannot advance to the next page of the online submittal form by clicking the Continue button if at least one contact has not been designated as a Primary Contact and a Contract Signer.

  7. On the second page of the online submittal form, complete the Proposal Information section.

    1. Enter a Proposal Title.

    2. Select the appropriate proposal type from the Proposed Proposal Category.

      Proposal CategoryDescription
      $5,000 or less GrantThis is any grant that is $5,000 or less.
      Pre-Approved ProjectPre-approved projects include solar, electric vehicles, changing stations, LED street lights, or building upgrades that meet the specific requirements set forth in the CEC Grant Project Contract Template.
      Custom ProjectCustom projects are greater than $5,000 and deviate from the specific performance requirements for pre-approved projects. These projects are evaluated based on the criteria set forth in the CEC Guidance Document.
    3. Enter the name of your local government in the Propose Company Information field.

    4. Provide a 2-3 sentence description of the proposal in the Proposal Description field.

  8. Then complete the Checklist Questions section.
  9. Finally, complete the Disclosure of Prior Findings of Non-Responsibility disclosure.
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