119-24 Attachment - Community Energy Plan Grant Application.pdf

Community Energy Plan Grant Program Application Packet Program Year 3 Page 4 1. All questions pertaining to the CEPG Program application form should be directed to: community.energy@bpu.nj.gov 2. Each municipality applying to participate in the CEPG Program must complete and submit the application form in full. The application form can be found in Section B (“Community Plan Grant Application Form”) below. Attachments should be placed at the end of the Application package. 3. Original ink/wet signatures on all forms and certifications of this application form are required. 4. The applicant certifications contained in Section C must be notarized. Failure to have the Application certification form notarized will cause an application to be deemed administratively incomplete. 5. Failure to complete all sections of the Application or to submit all required attachments will cause the Application to be deemed administratively incomplete. 6. Completed applications must be emailed to: community.energy@bpu.nj.gov no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on the Application Period Close Date of May 24, 2024 to be considered for a Program Year 3 CEPG. III. Terms and Conditions A. General Terms and Conditions 1. The “Applicant” is defined as a municipality that submits a CEPG application form located in Section B, subsections I and II herein. 2. All applications must comply with all local, state and federal rules, regulations and laws. 3. By submitting an application, the Applicant acknowledges on behalf of all project participants that the information included in the application is subject to disclosure under the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. Based on information received, the Board and/or other state, federal, county, regional or local agencies may use aggregated information in reports and evaluations, and the geographic location may be used to update Geographic Information System (“GIS”) mapping. Furthermore, the Applicant understands that the list of approved CEPG projects will be published on the Board’s website, at https://njcleanenergy.com/commercial- industrial/programs/community-energy-plans, after such time as Board Staff (“Staff”) has selected all participating Applicants. 4. Amendments or supplements to the CEPG application form will be made available via the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (“NJCEP”) website at www.njcleanenergy.com. This

all participating Applicants. 4. Amendments or supplements to the CEPG application form will be made available via the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (“NJCEP”) website at www.njcleanenergy.com. This application form may be modified for future application periods at any time without prior notification to Applicants. 5. Only applications that are deemed administratively complete by the Application Period Close Date of May 24, 2024 will be considered for participation in the CEPG Program Year 3. An application will be deemed administratively complete only if: (1) all questions are answered; (2) all required attachments are included; and (3) all required signatures are included (See Section A.II. above). At Staff’s option, Applicants will be notified if their application is deemed administratively incomplete and, thus, not eligible for consideration for Program Year 3. Please be aware that Staff is not required to provide such notification. Applicants with Applications that are not Administratively Complete may submit a new, Administratively Complete Application for consideration in the next program year (Program Year 4), without advantage or disadvantage.