This is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). The intent of this RFI is to obtain public input regarding the solicitation process and structure of future DOE Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) to fund the Energy Auditor and Career Skills Training programs, in accordance with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). This RFI also seeks public input on the State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training program, as set forth in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Specifically, this RFI seeks input on:
- The content of, and proposed programmatic requirements for:
- BIL sections 40503 (The Energy Auditor Training Grant Program, or “EAT”);
- BIL section 40513 (the Career Skills Training program, or “CST”);
- IRA section 50123 (the State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training program, or Contractor Training Program)
- Respondent type
- Workforce and business characteristics
- Workforce development and business owner training strategies
- Accessing federal funding
- Equity and partnerships
- Access to high quality jobs
- Other
The Information collected from this RFI will be used by DOE for planning purposes to develop one or multiple potential FOAs related to BIL sections 40503 and 40513 and IRA section 50123. The information collected will not be published.
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. EERE will not pay for information provided under this RFI and no project will be supported as a result of this RFI. This RFI is not accepting applications for financial assistance or financial incentives. EERE may or may not issue Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) based on consideration of the input received from this RFI.
Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to eeworkforceprograms@hq.doe.gov no later than 5:00pm (ET) on January 26, 2023. Responses must be provided as attachments to an email that includes "Workforce RFI Response" in the subject line.
Please find the full RFI in the DOCUMENTS section below..