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Agencies Signed MOU Creating Rapid Response Teams to Support Energy Communities

Last updated:

April 4, 2023

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IRA

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Interagency Action

11 federal agencies in the Energy Communities Interagency Working Group released a memorandum of understanding to support Rapid Response Teams to provide on-the-ground assistance, resources, and technical guidance to energy communities consistent with identified economic transformation and revitalization goals. Read the memorandum of understanding.

The Energy Communities IWG later launched a rapid response team to support the clean energy transition in Illinois Basin energy communities in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The IWG also launched a Four Corners rapid response team to advance the clean energy transition within communities in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

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