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Schedule of Positions: <br />B2f. Number of Full- <br />Time Paid Positions: <br />14 <br />B2g. Number of Part- <br />Time Paid Positions: <br />0 <br />B2h. Number of <br />Volunteers: <br />50 <br />Section C. Project Information <br />C1a. Project Name <br />(This will be used as <br />the name of your <br />submission; please <br />keep your project <br />name to less than 5 <br />words. Examples: <br />Tree Planting, LED <br />Lights, Rain Garden, <br />Rooftop Solar) <br />Carrboro Energy Efficiency Program <br />C1b. Please <br />describe the <br />proposed project. <br />(300 word limit) <br />In Carrboro, 17% of homeowners are considered cost burdened and 22% <br />of renters are paying between 30%-50% of their income on rent and <br />utilities. Twenty-eight percent of renters are extremely cost burdened, <br />meaning they are spending more than 50% of their household income on <br />rent and utilities. In Carrboro, 59% of housing is rental property. As <br />temperatures rise due to climate change, the cost to heat and cool homes <br />will also rise. At the same time, Duke Energy customers will be hit with <br />double-digit rate increases in the next three years. This is a perfect storm <br />that will most impact those already struggling to make ends meet. This <br />program aims to educate and train Carrboro homeowners and renters in <br />easy, low-cost ways to reduce their energy bills, while also providing home <br />energy audits and energy kits that will identify energy efficient, all-electric <br />upgrades to further shrink their bills. The program targets low-to-middle- <br />income homeowners that may need additional assistance to take full <br />advantage of the Electrify the Triangle, EnergySaverNC, and Duke Energy <br />rebate programs and renters, who are typically left out of energy efficiency <br />programs. W ith this grant, we propose to reach these residents with the <br />highest energy burden by recruiting an innovative cohort of community <br />leaders, trained and resourced to engage underserved communities. Their <br />mission is to ensure that these residents know how to read their energy <br />bills and identify ways to reduce energy use. They will also connect them to <br />hands-on training in simple energy-saving projects and connect them to <br />weatherization and utility bill rebate programs and point them towards local <br />contractors to implement needed upgrades. This grant will ease the energy <br />burden of over 230 Carrboro residents, while reducing 67.41 tons of <br />MTCO2e annually. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: B7F69C66-F314-4506-B393-F26F9CEC96B0