![]() Once all information for the REAP Grant was collected from the client, Scherff worked on the application and submitted it to USDA. Once the assessment was completed, Scherff met with the client to review the application paperwork and toured their facility to better understand the addition of the chiller system. Scherff met with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Energy Assessment Team to discuss the Energy Assessment for the grant application and had the University perform the assessment. The REAP Grant application was written with an energy improvement project in mind to add a chiller system for the reduction of the intake water temperature to the company’s icemakers. In 2016, Guidry’s Catfish (Processor’s Inc.) was prepared for the REAP Grant application and began collecting all of the necessary paperwork for the application process. ![]() After a meeting with client in 2015, MEPOL informed them of the REAP Grant which provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements, but the 2015 deadline had been missed. Technical Project Director, Rebecca Scherff, knew the manufacturer was located in a rural area in Henderson, Louisiana and began doing research on available assistance programs. A host of the MTV show Catfish, Nev Schulman, has been accused of sexual misconduct and suspended, days after a woman posted videos online strongly intimating that he sexually harassed her. An employee of MEPOL had heard of our Center and reached out aware of the success of other companies created by MEPOL in the past.
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