Questions about DOE funding for Retrofits

Below are some questions that people posed during the May 19 conference call that we couldn't get to on the call:

We are close to getting the City of San Diego to apply for the $250K in planning money…DOE guidelines allow for cities to apply for planning funds and take 4 months to develop an “energy efficiency and conservation strategy” before spending full allocation.  I didn’t hear that option mentioned to group.  - Nicole Capretz, Sustainable Energy and Clean Bay Environmental Health Coalition, National City, CA 

As a non-profit focused on bringing together training partners in Wash, DC, to offer a vertically-integrated curriculum to train workers in weatherization work, is the EECBG program a tenable route to land funding? If not, are competitive disbursements from DOE a feasible avenue? - Will Byrne, The DC Project