Faraday Microgrids Grants & Funding
Grants from the California Energy Commission. Healthcare microgrids via capital programs. The first acute-care hospital microgrid that can operate independently in the United States.
Faraday’s pipeline comprises projects funded by grants and capital programs. The California Energy Commission has supported our most developed projects, such as the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center Microgrid Project that led to changes in the National Electrical Code. A grant-funded project differs from our commercial pre-engineered projects – contact us to learn more about this option.
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Grant and funding programs Faraday has worked with.
The renewable energy and resiliency grant environment in California consists of multiple levels including federal funding, state funding, utility-funded programs, and capital programs. The following list provides information regarding which program has received the most activity from Faraday’s projects.
California Energy Commission (CEC)
The most mature healthcare projects of Faraday have been financed by CEC, including the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center Microgrid project. Faraday has been instrumental in CEC grant proposals, meeting reporting requirements for grants and implementing engineering specifications of grants.
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
CPUC programs that are relevant include the EPIC (Electric Program Investment Charge) Program and the Microgrid Incentive Program. Faraday has worked with CPUC program eligible projects through the form of grants and pilot projects.
California Hospital Capital Improvement Program (CHPS)
The capital program funding of California hospitals is often used as a route to work on facility resilience and energy infrastructure. The Faraday healthcare engagements have been conducted via capital programs and grants.
DOE microgrid and resilience programs
Programs offered by the Federal Department of Energy, such as the Office of Electricity, EERE, and ARPA-E, support microgrid demonstration, resilience hardening, and grid edge research. Faraday has been involved in eligible project activities for federal funding provided by the DOE in relation to the California facilities.
California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and disadvantaged-community programs
The Strategic Growth Council within California supports work related to the development of infrastructure for DAC communities, including hardening projects for community-use facilities located in DAC regions. Projects related to DAC eligible facilities have been completed by Faraday.
Institutional capital programs (universities, public agencies).CHPS)
Institutional capital funding by universities, government institutions, or special districts is also common in microgrid and resiliency projects and can be supplemented with CEC or DOE grants. Faraday works on such projects using the same engagement model as applied to hospitals and CEC projects.
Project track record under grant and capital-program funding.
Three Faraday engagements illustrate the grant and capital-program work most-relevant to a vetting visitor.
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center
Facility type: Level I trauma center / acute-care hospital. Funding source: California Energy Commission. Faraday designed, engineered, and constructed the first islandable acute-care hospital microgrid in the United States — full islanded operation on solar, storage, and combined-heat-and-power, including NEC 517 / NFPA 110 essential-systems integration. The engineering documentation set informed updates to the National Electrical Code.
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center
Facility type: Level I trauma center / acute-care hospital. Funding source: California Energy Commission. Faraday designed, engineered, and constructed the first islandable acute-care hospital microgrid in the United States — full islanded operation on solar, storage, and combined-heat-and-power, including NEC 517 / NFPA 110 essential-systems integration. The engineering documentation set informed updates to the National Electrical Code.
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center
Facility type: Level I trauma center / acute-care hospital. Funding source: California Energy Commission. Faraday designed, engineered, and constructed the first islandable acute-care hospital microgrid in the United States — full islanded operation on solar, storage, and combined-heat-and-power, including NEC 517 / NFPA 110 essential-systems integration. The engineering documentation set informed updates to the National Electrical Code.
How Faraday engages with grant-supported projects.
Engagements that are funded by grants and capital programs follow a different process than our pre-engineered commercial process. Below is a description of the typical process that a grant-supported project follows from the moment we become engaged all the way to construction.
Phase 1 — Grant eligibility and application scoping discussion.
For projects which have not yet submitted an application for grant funding, our involvement will occur at the point of grant eligibility and application scoping: finding the correct program, scoping the project for the grant requirement, and assistance with developing the application if required. No charge at this point.
Phase 2 - Scope conditionals for project-framing under grants.
Now that we've received the grant award or have moved into phase 2 of the application process using the capital program funding, we'll develop our project-framing document. This includes: grant deliverable scope alignment, engineering-of-record, partner firm coordination, milestone scheduling aligned with grant reporting requirements, and grant award budget tracking.
Phase 3 — Engineering, design, and grant-reporting integration.
The engineering-of-record can either reside with Faraday or Mazzetti based on code complexity, the preference of the AHJ, and structure of the partner firm. The grant-reporting deliverables are included in the engineering deliverables, which include milestone reporting, interim deliverables, specifications, and final commissioning.
Phase 4 — Construction, commissioning, and grant close-out.
Faraday builds, commissions and supports through grant close-out. Reporting will include engineering documentation, commissioning documentation, energy performance documentation according to grant guidelines and acceptance documentation according to the AHJ and grant program guidelines.
Got here by accident? If you’re a commercial buyer from California in search of a pre-engineered microgrid solution, which would include fixed-scope tiers, configurable, and appropriately sized, begin your journey at our Tiers Hub or book a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Pre-engineered grant funding engagement is one discussion; commercial pre-engineered engagement is another.
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