 $2 million given by EBCE to local charities since March
EBCE's third and latest round of COVID-19 community grants were recently determined. Twenty local charitable organizations were allocated $10,000 each, and an additional $100,000 in grants was given to three workforce development organizations across Alameda County. GRID Alternatives, Cypress Mandela, and the Tri-Valley Career Center at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (TVCC) will each be awarded ~$33,000 in grant funds to complement their workforce development efforts. The funds were allocated by EBCE’s renewable energy development partners. EDP Renewables North America – developers of a 100MW solar + 30MW storage project in Fresno County – provided $275,000 and Clearway Energy Group – developers of a 192MW solar project in Kern County – provided $25,000, following the $225,000 they provided for the previous round of grants.
With training locations in Oakland and Union City, respectively, GRID Alternatives and Cypress Mandela will each use the funds to work with EBCE and Sunrun to help fill the local workforce needed to deploy solar and battery backup power systems through EBCE's Resilient Home program. TVCC will use the funds to help build its capacity to reach new COVID-impacted job seekers through the development of a new marketing plan, a Job Search Boot Camp, and a Boot Camp Refresher.
In addition to the funding of these near-term actions, EBCE also looks forward to establishing long-term partnerships with these organizations to further develop the local workforce that will be needed to implement ongoing transportation and building electrification programs, as well as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and resiliency programs.
A complete list of recipients is available at https://ebce.org/covid-19-response/
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