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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 14.26.02.10" title_num="14" subtitle_num="26" chapter_num="02" heading="Inter-Agency Agreements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A State agency other than the Administration may submit a funding request to the Administration for a project, activity, or investment designed to advance a purpose of the Strategic Energy Investment Program and intended for implementation in a subsequent fiscal year.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To request funding from the SEIF, a State agency shall submit a written proposal to the Administration, including the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A description of the project, activity, or investment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The requested amount of funding in the relevant fiscal year to implement the project, activity, or investment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A description of how the proposed project, activity, or investment is consistent with the Strategic Energy Investment Program and will further State policy goals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A description of anticipated impacts, how they advance the State’s policy goals, and how the impacts are measured and verified;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>An implementation timeline for the project, activity, or investment; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any other information the Administration requests for the purpose of evaluating the proposal.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In response to such a request from a State agency, the Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Review the funding request to determine whether it is consistent with the Strategic Energy Investment Program, the requirements of any existing FOA, or State policy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Consider the funding request in the context of any existing or anticipated FOA, fund availability, forecasted revenue, and fund balances; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Make recommendations for inclusion of the funding request in the State’s operating budget for a new energy-related project, activity, or investment found to be consistent with State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 20B, Annotated Code of Maryland, as well as broader State policy goals.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Each State agency that receives funding from the SEIF under this regulation shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Utilize funding from the SEIF in a manner consistent with a memorandum of understanding executed between the State agency and the Administration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Comply with all reporting requirements as determined by the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>