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r <br />t NC�PEC, Inc. <br />NOPEC Energized Community (NEC) Grant <br />2019 Program Policies <br />NOPEC, Inc. and NextEra Energy have established the NOPEC Energized Community <br />Grant Program, which provides grants to existing NOPEC member electric and gas <br />communities. The new grant program year will begin on January 1, 2019, with the <br />primary goal of providing funds to help communities implement energy savings or <br />energy infrastructure measures. <br />NEC grants are intended to be used by member communities primarily for energy <br />related projects. Member communities will be permitted, on a case-by-case basis, to <br />use grants for purposes other than energy efficiency or energy infrastructure <br />improvements. <br />The policies governing the grant program have been approved by the Board of <br />Directors. The Special Projects Manager (SPM) will have oversight and day-to-day <br />management responsibility for the program. <br />Eligibility and Notification: Existing NOPEC member communities enrolled in both gas <br />and electric on January 1 will be paid cash grants at the rate of [$6] per enrolled <br />account for gas and [$8] per enrolled account for electric per year. Existing NOPEC <br />member communities enrolled in the gas program only will be paid cash grants at the <br />rate of [$5] per enrolled account. Existing NOPEC member communities enrolled in the <br />electric program only will be paid cash grants at the rate of [$7] per enrolled account. <br />Enrolled accounts will be determined based on an average, using Q2 and Q3, of <br />metered accounts of the previous calendar year. If an existing community was not <br />enrolled for both quarters of the previous year, an average of the metered accounts of <br />months enrolled will be applied. <br />Member counties and regional council of governments will also receive grants based on <br />the communities and programs enrolled through the county membership. Grants will be <br />calculated using the same averaging method as the community grants. County and <br />regional council of governments members will receive [$1.50] for gas and [$2] for <br />electric, per enrolled account per year, in communities enrolled for both programs, and <br />[$.50] for gas or [$1.00] for electric, in communities enrolled for a single aggregation <br />program. <br />The Chief Elected Official and the Chief Financial Official of member communities, <br />regional councils of governments and counties will be notified by letter in January of the <br />grant amount available for its use. Each community must enter into a grant agreement, <br />12330229v4 <br />