Former Mines and WAP Proposed Nonavailability Solar Waiver

Procurement Summary

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY is proposing to issue a temporary, limited non-availability partial waiver of the manufactured product requirements of Section 70914(a) of the Build America, Buy America Act (“BABA”) included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. No. 117-58) for domestically assembled solar modules used in federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects selected as of the Effective Date for an award by DOE under the (i) Clean Energy Demonstrations Program on Current and Former Mine Land (“CEML”) and (ii) Weatherization Assistance Program: Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (“WAP”), including all projects listed on the appendix to this proposed waiver. This proposed waiver combines for efficiency multiple project specific non-availability waivers into one waiver document to reduce paperwork and reduce administrative burdens for project recipients and the U.S. Government. CEML will demonstrate the technical and economic viability of deploying clean energy on current (operating) and former (abandoned or inactive) mine land. These projects are expected to be replicable, providing knowledge and experience that catalyze the next generation of clean energy on mine land projects.

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Is this a general applicability waiver?