Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

ST. Louis Clean Cities received a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Under this award, the awardee serves as a Clean Cities and Communities (CC&C) Coalition operating from Fenton, Missouri, providing stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and outreach services within its coalition territory. The primary deliverables include facilitating collaborative partnerships among public and private stakeholders, delivering technical expertise to support locally driven transportation energy choices, and tracking and reporting critical program performance metrics that demonstrate progress toward the coalition's energy security, economic prosperity, and air quality objectives.

The CC&C Coalition program operates cooperatively with the Department of Energy's Transportation Technologies Office to advance the nation's energy security and environmental goals by promoting innovative mobility technologies and domestic energy resources. ST. Louis Clean Cities' activities directly support this mission by fostering regional partnerships and providing market intelligence through performance metric tracking that informs strategic decision-making and program accountability across the coalition's service area.