CX-100729 Categorical Exclusion Determination

SOLAR ENERGY EVOLUTION AND DIFFUSION STUDIES II - STATE ENERGY STRATEGIES (SEEDSII-SES)
Award Number: DE-FOA-0001496
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 8/31/2016
Location(s): Multiple
Office(s): Golden Field Office

As part of a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) numbered DE-FOA-0001496, DOE has selected 18 applicants to reduce the soft costs of solar energy deployment by increasing the foundational understanding of technology evolution, soft costs, and barriers to solar deployment in the U.S., and addressing soft costs and market barrier challenges at the state and regional level by maximizing the benefits of solar electricity through energy and economic strategic planning. 

Applicants selected to participate and their corresponding Award Number are as follows: 

Arizona State University, DE-EE0007664 
Center for Sustainable Energy, DE-EE0007663 
Clean Energy States Alliance, Inc., DE-EE0007667 
Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, DE-EE0007671 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DE-EE0007662 
Minnesota Department of Commerce, DE-EE0007669 
Montana State Energy Office, DE-EE0007672 
National Renewable Energy Lab, N/A 
Nhu Energy, Inc., DE-EE0007668 
North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, DE-EE0007670 
PA Dept. of Environmental Protection-- Office of Energy Policy and Technology Deployment, DE-EE0007666 
Solstice Initiative, DE-EE0007659 
SRI International, DE-EE0007661 
University of Texas at Austin, DE-EE0007658 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, DE-EE0007660 
Washington Dept. of Commerce, DE-EE0007665 
Western Interstate Energy Board, DE-EE0007673 
Yale University, DE-EE0007657