The Clean Energy Academy will run for 6 months (May 2024 – November 2024). During this time, RMI and America Is All In would provide:

• A Workshop Series: Facilitated workshops to actively engage content experts and learn from peer organizations about key technical issues, lessons learned, and outstanding questions. Topics may include the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits, including the ITC, 45W, 30C, and 179D, bonus credits, and related concepts such as stacking and green financing. 
• Technical Assistance : Office hours for one-on-one support   to ensure that organizations are designing and planning strong projects for clean energy implementation that qualify for federal tax credits. 
• Tools and Resources: Direct pay memos, best practices, and other tools   that will accelerate Academy members’ planning process.   
   

1. Identify potential projects that align with the organization’s needs and goals and how projects may be eligible for tax credits or other funding and financing (i.e. EV chargers, geothermal heat pumps, etc.).
2. Plan a successful project, issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for local contractors, and begin construction of the project. 
3. Activate new clean energy technology or infrastructure that will produce cleaner power, use less energy, and save energy costs. 
4. Collect the enhanced tax credits’ cash refund  via direct pay to recoup at least 30% of the project’s costs, apply for grant programs (if applicable) and utilize new financing options.

While participation in the program is free, RMI is only able to support a limited number of participating organizations. As such, selected institutions will be asked to demonstrate the following features as part of their request to participate:

• Ambition: Participants must have concrete short-term goals or project ideas related to equitable decarbonization in the next year.
• Implementation: The Academy will require active participation. Academy participants will need the necessary internal buy-in and approvals from decisionmakers and stakeholders (Note: RMI also recommends that participants integrate one or more stakeholders in the first two months   of the program).
• Commitment: Participants must be able to dedicate an estimated 3-5 hours per month of staff time. 
   

Participants were selected based on their ability to demonstrate concrete short-term goals or project ideas for equitable decarbonization; secure the necessary internal buy-in and approvals from decision-makers and stakeholders within their organization; and dedicate the necessary time and resources to participate in the Academy. A list of the participating organizations is available below:

• Adamah, Maryland
• Bates College, Maine
• Big Sky Sustainability Network Organization (SNO), Montana
• Catawba College, North Carolina
• Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Ohio
• Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, California
• Emory University, Georgia
• Intermountain Health, Utah
• Loyola University Chicago, Illinois
• Northern Light Health, Maine
• NYC Health + Hospitals Corp., New York
• OhioHealth, Ohio
• Rutgers University, New Jersey
• San Diego Natural History Museum, California
• Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota
• Southern Sustainability Institute, Georgia
• The Wild Center, New York
• University of New Mexico, New Mexico
• University of Richmond, Virginia
• The University of Vermont Health Network, Vermont & New York