or establish a covered consortium for the purpose of applying for funds under subsection (b). (f) Information sharing As part of the program, the Secretary shall support the gathering, analysis, and dissemination of information on best practices for developing and operating successful regional clean energy innovation partnerships. (g) Metrics In evaluating a grant renewals under section (d)(8), the Secretary shall work with program evaluation experts to develop and make publicly available metrics to assess the progress of a regional clean energy innovation partnership towards achieving the purposes of the program in section (c). Such metrics may include— (1) the number and quality of— (A) new clean energy companies created in the region as a result of activities carried out under the regional clean energy innovation partnership