an institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education, including community colleges;

a workforce development program;

a private sector entity or group of entities, including a trade or industry association;

a nonprofit organization;

a community group or community-based organization;

a labor organization or joint labor-management organization;

a National Laboratory;

a venture development organization;

a community development financial institution or minority depository institution;

a worker cooperative membership association or state or local employee ownership or cooperative development center;

an organization focused on clean energy technology innovation or entrepreneurship;

a business or clean energy accelerator or incubator;

an economic development organization;

a manufacturing facility or organization;

a multi-institutional collaboration; or

any other entity that the Secretary determines to be relevant.

a public institution of higher education, including additional locations, at which the highest degree, or the predominantly awarded degree, is an associate degree; or

any Tribal college or university (as defined in section 1059c of title 20).

facilitating the commercial application of clean energy products, processes, and services, including through research, development, demonstration, or technology transfer;

planning among participants of a regional clean energy innovation partnership to improve the strategic and cost-effective coordination of the partnership;

improving stakeholder involvement in the development of goals and activities of a regional clean energy innovation partnership;

assessing different incentive mechanisms for clean energy development and commercial application in the region;

hosting events and conferences; and

establishing and updating roadmaps to measure progress on relevant goals, such as those relevant to metrics developed under subsection (g).

a list of members and roles of members of the covered consortia, as well as any other stakeholders supporting the activities of the regional clean energy innovation partnership;

an assessment of the relevant clean energy innovation assets needed in a region to achieve proposed outcomes, such as education and workforce development programs, research facilities, infrastructure or site development, access to capital, manufacturing capabilities, or other assets;

a description of proposed activities that the regional clean energy innovation partnership plans to undertake and how the proposed activities will achieve the purposes described in subsection (c);

a plan for attracting additional funds and identification of funding sources from non-Federal sources to deliver the proposed outcomes of the regional clean energy innovation partnership;

a plan for partnering and collaborating with community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions, labor organizations and community groups, worker cooperative membership associations, local and state employee ownership and cooperative development centers, and other local institutions in order to promote employee, community, and public ownership in the clean energy sector, and advance models of local economic development that build and retain wealth in the region;

a plan for sustaining activities of the regional clean energy innovation partnership after funds received under this program have been expended; and

a proposed budget, including financial contributions from non-Federal sources.

give special consideration to applications from rural, tribal, and low-income communities; and

ensure that there is geographic diversity among the covered consortia selected to receive funding.