Overview

The California Energy Commission's EPIC program funds community-centered clean-energy projects that improve local resilience and expand access to reliable power.

Awards range from $150,000 to several million dollars—significant investments designed to support pilots, demonstrations, and deployment-ready projects that create measurable energy and community impact.

Our Working Example

For this module, we will walk through this program as if we were preparing a proposal for a fictional organization called GridEdge AI.

This lesson walks you through how this proposal shapes the story, presents the data, and outlines the operational plan in a way that aligns with EPIC's scoring priorities.

You'll see how the narrative ties directly to community need, how the evidence reinforces feasibility, and how the impact speaks to the outcomes funders care about.

What's Next

The next lesson begins with the Executive Summary for GridEdge AI's proposal.