On-the-Job Training for Energy Efficiency and Clean Technology

NYSERDA’s On-The-Job Training for Energy Efficiency and Clean Technology program will provide wage subsidies to eligible businesses to help reduce the financial risk of hiring and training new workers. This program enables New York State to meet the objectives of the Clean Energy Fund and advance the climate equity and just transition goals of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) by developing a workforce equipped to perform jobs in energy efficiency and clean technology, and supporting disadvantaged communities and priority populations.

Grant Deadline

Deadline not available

Funding Amount

75% of salary

Type of Grant

Training, Hiring

Sectors

Agriculture, Biotechnology, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Construction, Electrical, Engineering, Environmental Sustainability, Food Processing, Forestry, Industrial, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Mining, Supply Chain, Utilities

Demographics

Incorporation

For Profit

Perks

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of United States

Keywords

technology, energy, Clean Energy, Efficiency, Workforce Equipped, Financial Risk

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

ELIGIBILITY

I. Business Eligibility

Businesses must:

1. Be an energy efficiency and clean technology business, training provider, or labor management organization working on behalf of energy efficiency or clean technology businesses. Municipalities are not eligible for this PON.

2. Provide services in one of the eligible energy efficiency and clean technology areas.

3. Have the legal authority to hire employees and conduct business in NYS.

4. Have at least one physical business location in NYS that will be associated with the new hire.

5. Have at least two employees who receive an IRS W-2 form and who work full-time (defined as at least 35 hours per week). This two full-time employee requirement is waived for businesses who are New York State registered or New York City certified as a WBE/MBE/SDVOB. Reference the Definitions section in the Program Summary for instructions on determining qualifying employees.

6. Have met and continue to meet all requirements and deliverables under any prior or existing NYSERDA contract or NYSDOL grant.

7. Provide all information requested in the Business Application process outlined in this PON and have clearly set objectives for the use of funds.

8. Attest to compliance with all applicable labor laws, and not have failed to file any applicable local, state, or federal tax returns, nor failed to pay New York State Unemployment Insurance. NYSDOL will conduct a due diligence search to confirm this information.

9. Eligible businesses that are training entities must be a private for-profit business (including LLPs and LLCs), a private not-for-profit business, or a private for-profit or private not-for-profit training provider (including private colleges and universities).

Additional Business Eligibility Criteria:

1. Eligible businesses providing design, construction or operation and maintenance services on largescale (5 MW or greater), wind or solar generation projects may be asked to provide documentation to demonstrate that they have a contract or direct subcontract with a NYSERDA contractor on a generation project funded by NYSERDA/Clean Energy Standard.

2. Businesses or organizations that use outside agencies for hiring and payment of employees are not eligible. The business participating in the OJT program must be the entity employing and paying the employees.

3. Organizations who hired climate justice fellows through NYSERDA’s PON 4772 can be approved through the OJT Program to hire those fellows under PON 3982 at the conclusion of the fellowship term to extend their work on fellowship projects and initiatives. These organizations must follow the standard OJT Program process, including the submission of both a business application and new hire application, to reserve funding for hiring a climate justice fellow graduate under the OJT program.

II. Worker Eligibility

Worker candidates must:

1. Be hired to design, manufacture, specify, sell/distribute, install, operate, maintain, repair, audit, inspect, and/or train people on energy efficiency and clean energy technologies and systems. General administration and driving positions are not eligible for reimbursement. Traditional trades positions are not eligible unless the job and the related OJT plan are directly connected to one or more of the eligible energy efficiency and clean energy technology categories.

2. Reside in NYS.

3. Be hired for full-time work in a job located in NYS.

4. Not be a past participant in the PON 3982: On-the-Job Training Program.

5. Be a new hire, not a previous employee or contractor. Individuals who worked as interns for a business previously under NYSERDA’s PON 4000 may be hired under the OJT program. Individuals who worked as fellows through NYSERDA’s PON 4772 may be hired by the same host organization under the OJT program to extend their work on fellowship projects and initiatives. All new hire applications must be submitted to NYSERDA no later than seven (7) days after the new hire’s start date as a full-time hire to be eligible for OJT program funding, including individuals transitioning from PON 4000 internships and PON 4772 fellowships.

6. Not be a relative of any employee at the business. “Relative” shall include the following relationships: relationships established by blood, marriage, or legal action. Examples include spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, grandparent, grandchild, or cousin. The term also includes domestic partners (a person with whom the employee’s life is interdependent and who shares a common residence) and a daughter or son of an employee’s domestic partner.

Grant Application website

https://portal.nyserda.ny.gov/CORE_Solicitation_Detail_Page?SolicitationId=a0rt000000MdOBsAAN

Contact

For more information, please contact

ponojt@nyserda.ny.gov