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Committee advances $2 million subaward for renewable-energy workforce training despite federal funding pause
Summary
Cuyahoga County advanced a $2 million subaward to Manufacturing Works for renewable-energy pre-apprenticeships tied to a larger $129 million EPA grant; presenters said federal drawdowns have paused intermittently, and Manufacturing Works is assuming some start-up risk while contracts include clauses making programming contingent on federal funds.
The committee on Feb. 19 voted to advance resolution 20250063, which would authorize a subgrant not to exceed $2,000,000 to Manufacturing Works to develop pre-apprenticeship and outreach programs supporting deployment of roughly 63 megawatts of solar and a 10–20 megawatt battery project under Cuyahoga County’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Valerie Katz, deputy administrator for Cuyahoga Green Energy, said the county’s larger EPA award (presented in the hearing as approximately $129,000,000) will fund solar on…
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