CPRG PROJECT EXAMPLES

The CPRG is broken into two phases – the timeline for Phase I: Planning Grants is provided below.

For States, Municipalities, and Air Pollution Control Agencies:

The timeline for Phase II: Competitive Implementation Grants is provided below.

Please see the corresponding sections for more detail on some of the individual deliverables.

The Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) is a narrative report due on March 1, 2024, that includes a focused list of near-term, high-priority, implementation-ready measures to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollution and an analysis of GHG emissions reductions that would be achieved through implementation. These initial plans can focus on a specific sector or selected sectors and do not need to comprehensively address all sources of GHG emissions.

The PCAP is required to include:

• A simplified GHG inventory;
• Quantified GHG reduction measures;
• A low-income and disadvantaged communities benefits analysis; and,
• A review of authority to implement.

Planning grant recipients are encouraged, but not required, to include additional analyses in their PCAP, such as GHG emissions projections, GHG reduction targets, a benefits analysis (for the full geographic scope and population covered by the plan), a plan for leveraging other federal funding, and a workforce planning analysis. A PCAP may draw from or reference an existing climate action plan or plans for the geographic area covered, such as an existing state climate, energy, or sustainability plan.

Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

The Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is due 2 years from the date of award of the planning grant (mid-2025). The CCAP should touch on all significant GHG sources/sinks and sectors present in a state or metropolitan area, establish near-term and long-term GHG emission reduction goals, and provide strategies and identify measures to achieve those goals. Each CCAP must include:

• A comprehensive GHG inventory;
• GHG emissions projections;
• GHG reduction targets;
• Quantified GHG reduction measures;
• A benefits analysis for the full geographic scope and population covered by the plan;
• A low-income and disadvantaged communities benefits analysis;
• A review of authority to implement;
• A plan to leverage other federal funding; and,
• A workforce planning analysis.

All planning grant recipients will be expected to conduct a comprehensive climate action plan development process. Jurisdictions with existing climate plans may use planning grant funds to update or expand their existing plans to reflect, for example, recent changes in technologies and market forces, potential leveraging of other funding opportunities (e.g., under the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or other sources), new program areas and opportunities for regional collaboration, or inclusion of analyses to estimate benefits including those flowing to low income and disadvantaged communities. Grantees with previously developed climate action plans will be able to integrate their previous planning experience into the CCAP.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $1 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) to ACOG to develop two plans and reports that identify measures for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). This planning process is required for tribes and local governments in the MSA to be eligible to apply for over $4 billion in future implementation grants.

ACOG received notification of this grant award on September 19 and continues to formulate a scope of work with the help of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and the Indian Nations Council of Governments (INCOG). The first required EPA deliverable of this four-year grant is a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) which is due March 1, 2024.