Current Solicitations for the California Energy Commission's
Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program

Program Opportunity Notice (PON-12-505)
Pipeline Integrity Technology Demonstration Grant

Notice of Proposed Award

Date Released: November 2, 2012.

Deadline to Submit Applications: December 12, 2012, by 3:00 p.m. December 17, 2012, by 3:00 p.m.

• Addendum 01 - Revised Budget Template. (MS Word file)
• Addendum 02 - Questions and Answers. (PDF file)
• Addendum 03 - Revised Application Deadline. (PDF file)
• Addendum 04. Posted December 3, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Revises PON Solicitation (Pages 4, 5, 15, 16, 20, and 22)
  • Revises Attachments 1, 4, and 8
    
    
• Addendum 5. Posted December 7, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Revises Deadline to December 17, 2012 by 3:00 p.m.
  • Revises PON Solicitation file
  • Revises Attachments 3, and 8
    
    
• Program Opportunity Notice and all Attachments. (PDF, MS Word, Excel files)
• Pre-Application Workshop
  November 13, 2012
  10:00 am Pacific Standard Time (GMT-11:00, San Francisco)
  California Energy Commission
  Hearing Room B, First Floor
  1516 9th Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  See page 6 of the PON for WebEx remote participation details.
• Presentation for Pre-Application Workshop. (17 pgs, 74 kb)
• Pre-Application Workshop Participants

• Workshop WebEx Recording

Program Opportunity Notice (PON-12-503)
Building Energy Efficiency Research and Technology Grant Program

Date Released: November 1, 2012.

Deadline to Submit Proposals: December 19, 2012, By 3:00 p.m.

• Addendum 1 - Revised Budget Template.
  
  
• Addendum 2.
  • Revised PON, and Attachments 1, 12, 15, and 16
  • Questions & Answers.
    
    
• Addendum 3.
  • Revised PON, and Attachments 1, 5, 12, 14, 15, and 16
    
    
• Addendum 4 - Date released: November 29, 2012.
  • Revises PON Solicitation Manual (Page 6)
  • Revised Page 6 (for reference)
  • Supplement to the Questions and Answers document.
    
    
• Addendum 5 - Date released: December 4, 2012.
  • Replaces Attachment 5
    
    
• Addendum 6 - Date released: December 7, 2012.
  • Revises application submission deadline to December 19, 2012
  • Replaces PON Manual
  • Replaces Attachment 3
  • Replaces Attachment 5
    
    
• Program Opportunity Notice and all Attachments. (PDF, MS Word, Excel files)
  
  
• Pre-Application Workshop
  November 8, 2012
  1:30 pm Pacific Standard Time
  California Energy Commission
  Hearing Room A, First Floor
  1516 9th Street
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  
• Presentation for the Workshop
• Pre-Application Workshop Participants

• WebEx Recording

Program Opportunity Notice PON-12-502
Community Scale Renewable Energy Development, Deployment and Integration

Notice of Proposed Award

• PON Application Package
  Revised November 21, 2012 by Addendum 2. Released October 16, 2012.
• Solicitation Files. (PDF, MS Word and Excel files).
• Addendum 1 - Revised Deadline
  Date released: October 17, 2012.
• Addendum 2 - Date released: November 21, 2012.
  • Revised Deadline
  • Replaces "Application_Package_PON-12-502.doc", Attachments 7, 12 & 13.
• Addendum 3 - Date released: December 3, 2012.
  • Correct the budget template documents in Attachment 7, Budget Forms.
  • Add additional Questions and Answers that did not get posted previously. See numbers 18 and 111.
• Addendum 4 - Date released: December 10, 2012.
  • Extend the deadline to submit applications. The new deadline is Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
  • Revise the Scope of Work template to correct language to the "Data Collection and Analysis Task" and add "Technology Transfer Activities" and "Production Readiness Plan" tasks.
  • Revise the Application Form to replace budget attachment number D-6 with number B-8.
  • Revise the following budget forms to correct formulas: B2, B-3, B-7, and B-8
• Questions and Answers
  Posted November 21, 2012
• Pre-Application Presentation
• Pre-Application Workshop Participants - Combined list from the October 26 and 30

There will be two Pre-Application Workshops:

October 26, 2012, 10 a.m. in Sacramento and via webcast.
October 30, 2012, 10 a.m. in San Diego and via webcast.

Deadline to Submit Applications - December 18, 2012, by 3 p.m.

Program Opportunity Notice PON-12-506:
Renewable Natural Gas Transportation Fuel Production Systems with Value Added Co-Products/Benefits

Date released: December 17, 2012.

Notice of Proposed Award

Deadline to Submit Applications: February 1, 2013 by 3:00 p.m.

• Solicitation Files (PDF, MS Word and Excel files).
• Addendum 01. Posted January 16, 2013. (PDF file)
  • Publishes the Questions and Answers
• Addendum 02. Posted January 25, 2013. (PDF file)
  • Publishes Additional Questions and Answers
• Pre-Application Workshop: January 3, 2013

• Pre-Application Workshop WebEx Recording

Program Opportunity Notice PON-12-504: Advanced Natural Gas Engine Research and Development for Class 3 through Class 7 Applications

Date released: December 4, 2012.

Notice of Proposed Award

Deadline to Submit Applications: January 22, 2013 by 3:00 p.m.

• Solicitation Files (PDF, MS Word and Excel files).
• Addendum 01. Posted December 10, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Corrects the Pre-Application workshop start time to 10 a.m.
  • Corrects date to distribute Questions/Answers to December 21, 2012.
  • Replaces Scope of Work (SOW) template, Attachment #3
  • Replaces the budget template, Attachment #5
    
    
• Addendum 02. Posted December 21, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Notifies potential applicants of the revised deadline on page 1 of the solicitation manual to submit applications.
  • Revises the PON solicitation, page 18, to clarify that the Commission will not accept or retain any applications that contain confidential information. The PON solicitation is revised and attached.
  • Posts the questions and answers presented at the Pre-Application Workshop and received in writing.
• Pre-Application Workshop: December 11, 2012

• Pre-Application Workshop WebEx Recording

• Questions and Answers
• List of Workshop Participants

Program Opportunity Notice PON-12-501: Solicitation to Address High Purchase Costs and Disposal Impacts of PEV Battery Packs

Date released: October 25, 2012.

Notice of Proposed Awards. Posted February 25, 2013. (PDF file)

Deadline to Submit Applications: December 17, 2012 by 3:00 p.m.

• Solicitation Files. (PDF, MS Word and Excel files).
• Addendum 01. Posted December 7, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Extends the deadline due date for submitting applications to December 17, 2012.
  • Revises PON Solicitation file
    
    
• Addendum 02. Posted December 10, 2012. (PDF file)
  • Application Manual
    • Page 1 – Key Activities Dates
      Correct the deadline date for written questions
    • Page 3 – California-Based Entity
      Correct the definition of California-based entity
    • Page 4 – California Economic Investment
      Clarify the California Economic Investment Requirement
    • Page 5 – Match Funding
      Clarify language on expenditure of Match Funding
    • Page 5 – Pre-Application Workshop
      Correct the start time for the Pre-Application Workshop
    • Page 7 – Question
      Remove incorrect language and dates
    • Page 21 – Grounds to Reject An Application
      Update language on grounds to reject
  • Application Form (Attachment 1)
    • Page 2 – California-Based Entity and California Economic Investment Requirements
      Add a "California-Based Entity and California Economic Investment Requirements" box
  • Budget (Attachment 7)
    • Revise the budget instructions for Attachment B-2 to clarify the economic investment in California requirement
    • Revise Attachments B-2, B-3, and B-7 (new rows for the California-based entity and economic investment in California requirements, corrected formulas)
  • California-Based Entity Form (Attachment 10)
    • Correct the definition of California-based entity
  • Scope of Work Template (Attachment 3)
    • Replace the Scope of Work (SOW) template with the PIER SOW template (includes a Data Collection and Analysis task, Technology Transfer Activities task, a Production Readiness Plan task, and corrected language in the Data Collection task) (pages 10, 11, and 12)
• Pre-Application Workshop: November 15, 2012

• WebEx Recording

• Questions and Answers. Posted December 6, 2012.

• Presentation from the Workshop.

• List of Workshop Participants.