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(i) Multifamily housing; 1 (ii) Publicly available charging at any location; 2 (iii) Schools and school districts; 3 (iv) State and local government buildings and office buildings; 4 (v) All other eligible projects. 5 (e) The department must coordinate with other electrification 6 programs, including projects developed by the department of 7 transportation, to determine the most effective distribution of the 8 systems. The department must also collaborate with the interagency 9 electric vehicle coordinating council established in RCW 43.392.030 10 to implement this subsection and must work to meet benchmarks 11 established in chapter 182, Laws of 2022. 12 (4) $37,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 13 fiscal year 2024 and $37,000,000 of the general fund—state 14 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to 15 increase solar deployment and installation of battery storage in 16 community buildings to enhance grid resiliency and provide backup 17 power for critical needs, such as plug load and refrigeration for 18 medication, during outages or to provide incentives to support 19 electric utility demand response programs that include customer-sited 20 solar and battery storage systems. Eligible uses of the amounts 21 provided in this subsection include, but are not limited to, planning 22 and predevelopment work with vulnerable, highly impacted, and rural 23 communities. For the purposes of this subsection "community 24 buildings" means K-12 schools, community colleges, community centers, 25 recreation centers, libraries, tribal buildings, state and local 26 government buildings, and other publicly owned infrastructure. 27 (5) $19,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2024 and $19,500,000 of the general fund—state 29 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant 30 program to provide solar and battery storage community solar projects 31 for public assistance organizations serving low-income communities. 32 Eligible uses of the amounts provided in this subsection include, but 33 are not limited to, planning and predevelopment work with vulnerable, 34 highly impacted, and rural communities. 35 (a) Grants are not to exceed 100 percent of the cost of the 36 project, taking into account any federal tax credits or other federal 37 or nonfederal grants or incentives that the project is benefiting 38 from. 39 p. 94 ESSB 5187.SL