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County awarded energy-efficiency grant; staff to coordinate procurement with Kit Carson
Summary
Taos County reported an awarded Community Energy Efficiency Development grant (reported in the meeting as "2,000,000, dollars 15,000") and said staff will coordinate procurement and likely use an RFP to identify implementers, with Kit Carson expected to participate in program execution.
Taos County staff reported that the county was awarded a Community Energy Efficiency Development grant and outlined next steps for procurement and program design.
The county manager said the grant award was received and noted the department asked the county to hold off on further submissions while administrative steps were completed; the amount was given in the meeting as "2,000,000, dollars 15,000." Staff said they will partner with Kit Carson and prepare procurement documents, noting the project may require an RFP and an implementing entity will be engaged to reach underserved households for energy-efficiency assessments and upgrades at no cost to qualifying residents. A staff member described the program goal: to lower energy use for fixed-income and underserved households by performing envelope evaluations and making no-cost improvements through local implementers.
Commissioners asked about timelines and procurement; staff said ordinance and procurement steps will follow and that program rollout could take several months pending RFP and ordinance work.
