RCPWG Projects
The Monterey Bay Area Regional Climate Project Working Group (RCPWG) provides a collaborative forum for members and partners to identify and develop the region’s priority climate equity projects, as well as capacity through contracted grantwriters to develop competitive proposals. We aim to secure investments for transformative near-term projects that integrate equity in both process and outcomes while also building longer-term capacity to sustain and expand climate resilience efforts.
Through strategic regional collaboration, RCPWG members have made significant progress in advancing regional coordination and accessing transformative scale climate investment. These outcomes demonstrate the power of coordinated and strategic regional action in advancing equitable climate adaptation and clean energy solutions.
Projects in Progress
Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities
$250,000 awarded from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant to develop and secure funding to implement a near-term roadmap for the region’s priority climate adaptation and resilience project.
Monterey Bay Adaptation and Resilience Implementation and Funding Roadmap
$649,335 award from the California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation’s Regional Resilience Grant Program to develop and secure funding to implement a near-term roadmap for the region’s priority climate adaptation and resilience project.
Low-Income Clean and Healthy Homes
$2 million award from the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Grant Program for residential decarbonization, electrification, and weatherization improvements.
Monterey Bay Region Equitable EV Charging Project
$14,346,751 application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program to install 6 solar/battery microgrids and 252 public EV chargers in “disadvantaged” and low-income communities and implement workforce training.
Monterey Bay Municipal Fleet Electrification and Workforce Accelerator
$15,713,981 application to the California Air Resources Board to pioneer the Monterey Bay Municipal Fleet Electrification and Workforce Accelerator with member jurisdictions.
Completed Projects
Advancing Equitable Shared Governance (2023)
$15,000 award from the Urban Sustainability Directors’ Network Emergent Learning Fund for Advancing Equitable, Shared Governance for Monterey Bay Regional Climate Investment Decision-making to integrate climate justice collaboratives.
RCPWG Formation & Grant Writing Support (2022-2023)
$100,000 award from Central Coast Community Energy to develop RCPWG’s charter and initial grant strategy and to support grant writing for electrification-focused funding proposals.