Being a private sector guy, I would say that municipalities would benefit from dollars for feasibility studies and analysis. Putting dollars out that may or may not go anywhere--in other words, analyzing whether or not there's an opportunity there--is a bridge to get over.
I think there is capital that can be brought to bear so the municipality doesn't have to tie capital up in things that others will put the money up for. It can be directed to other things that the private sector won't, can't, or shouldn't invest in. So there is a window there to help move those things along.
It's encouraging that municipalities are working with credible players, because the danger with these things is that people leap on the bleeding edge versus the leading edge technologies and stumble, have a problem, and then forever things fall by the wayside because we've thrown our money away on something that doesn't make sense.