Community Resources & Information

SVCE’s Noncompetitive Member Agency Grant provides $3 Million for the thirteen SVCE member agencies. Each member agency will be awarded funding to invest in a project that supports building or transportation electrification, energy resilience, or community engagement on these topics. The purpose of this grant is to support each member agency’s clean energy and climate goals by providing a wide range of project options that address decarbonization. Projects can be located at public sites or municipal operation facilities. Each member agency will receive a baseline of $100K in grant funding, with the remaining grant funding divided based on the agencies’ percentage of SVCE electric load.

See more information, resources, and applications here.

SVCE’s Competitive Member Agency Grants provides $3.5 Million for the thirteen SVCE member agencies through a competitive solicitation process. Two tracks are available: 1) the Decarbonization Track and 2) the Engagement Track. The Decarbonization Track provides capital funding for building and transportation electrification projects, demonstrating the feasibility of all-electric technology to the community. Energy resilience projects are optional. The Engagement Track provides funding for community engagement projects that educate the community on building and transportation electrification in innovative ways. Applications received will be reviewed and selected by an SVCE-organized panel.

See more information, resources, and applications here.

City of Los Altos: $201,000 to construct an “Energization Station” which is an outdoor public-use facility featuring opportunities to learn about electrification while exercising, device charging, and meeting.

City of Mountain View: $497,000 to electrify an existing senior center (which doubles as a mini community center) and feature it as an electrification demonstration site.

Sunnyvale School District: $500,000 to replace existing gas furnaces with 12 heat pumps and highlight the electrification initiative with the school community and in the curriculum.

City of Campbell: $500,000 to electrify a library that is about to be fully renovated. The funding would be used to fully electrify the building instead of installing new gas infrastructure and equipment.

City of Monte Sereno: $500,000 to transform an existing building into a community center that will be a regional demonstration and education facility.

City of Morgan Hill: $500,000 to construct an all-electric fire station with a demonstration plaza next to it featuring display boards and interpretive signage highlighting the electric components of the fire station.

City of Sunnyvale: $500,000 to construct an all-electric library and fund an education and engagement program to showcase the all-electric attributes of the library.

City of Cupertino: $111,500 to seed fund the development of a VR DECARB, a virtual reality (VR) simulation for the community to “walk through” an all-electric home and learn about the home features, benefits, and how to decarbonize your home.

City of Milpitas: $95,000 to fund a part-time project coordinator that will demonstrate decarbonization technologies, tools, etc. in a fun way at a broad variety of seasonal and community events.

City of Morgan Hill: $95,748 to fund the staffing necessary to engage the public on the topics of decarbonization and climate change in support of the City’s Climate Action Plan.

City of Mountain View: $70,000 to implement an interactive, multi-step engagement program on building electrification. Notably, SVCE support would allow the City to greatly expand its engagement with non-English speaking residents, renters, multifamily property owners, and other underserved communities.

Town of Los Altos Hills: $70,000 to educate the public on a variety of electrification, renewable energy, EV, battery storage, microgrid and load-shifting technologies already in use or soon to be implemented at their Town Hall facility on Fremont Road.