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if it has not already done so, with NOPEC, Inc. Each year, the community must pass legislation accepting the grant and identifying the position (with person currently holding that position) authorized to conduct on-line program activities on behalf of the community. All grant activities, including the application and disbursement request processes, will be completed and submitted online. Processing: The first step for the NEC grant program is creating a community profile in the on-line grant program at www.nopecgrants.org for a new community. Communities that completed this step in a previous year should review the profile and update the information, as needed. As part of the profile, all communities will upload a pdf file of the legislation approved by the member community accepting the NEC grant. Communities that are receiving a grant for the first time will also execute and upload a pdf file of executed Grant Agreement. Communities must complete the application process to qualify a project for grant funds. New applications will be reviewed monthly. New applications include any received by the first of the month. Appropriate supporting documents (e.g., project quotes) should be attached. All applications must be submitted electronically. Staff will review each application to determine if it meets the criteria and formally approve each project funded. Communities may begin the project during the review process but it does not guarantee funding approval. Projects that are determined to be emergencies, based on immediate health and/or safety issues, may be eligible to begin without formal approval. Eligible projects include those that reduce electric and/or gas utility consumption through facility improvements and/or implementing infrastructure improvements. Examples include interior and exterior lighting, windows and doors, insulation, HVAC, geothermal and solar. Street lights and traffic lights are also eligible, if a demonstrated utility savings to the community will result. Grants may also be used to benefit commercial properties. Options include covering the cost of energy audits or set-up costs for establishing an Energy Special Improvement District. Programs benefitting residents are also eligible. Providing residents LED light bulbs or establishing a residential energy audit program funded by the NEC grant program are two examples. Other eligible project examples for infrastructure include natural gas filling stations, electric vehicle or other charging stations, and emergency generators. Multi jurisdictional projects are eligible. Each community must apply for its own grant funds in a multi jurisdictional project. Non-NOPEC members may be part of a multi - jurisdictional project but will not be eligible for any grant funds from NOPEC. If a community completed a project that meets the eligibility requirements within the previous calendar year it may submit that project for the grant. Communities may also l2330229v4