Cooperative Agreement DECR0000098
- This $1,803,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008) aims to extend and demonstrate the use of digital twins across different areas of electric power generation. The project will focus on enhancing the security of electric power systems through design, cyber-informed engineering, laboratory-scale deployment, and testing in a relevant environment. The Electric Power Research Institute Inc....
- Cooperative Agreement Summary Nreca Research received a $1,996,498 cooperative agreement awarded July 1, 2026, and extending through June 30, 2029, from the Department of Energy's Office of Cyber Security under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008). This SPARK (Strategic Program for Advancing Rural Knowledge) initiative, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), provides technical assistance to eligible entities that...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Purdue University received a $1.12 million Cooperative Agreement awarded July 1, 2026, from the Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008). The three-year project, extending through June 30, 2029, will strengthen the community of eligible entities currently providing information technology and cybersecurity support to electric cooperatives and municipal...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), a nonprofit organization, received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1,179,635 from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008). The award, effective July 15, 2026 through July 14, 2029, supports investments that strengthen the community of eligible entities currently...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008) provides $5,583,698.00 to the Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI) to develop an integrated, automated system to identify third-party and potential zero-day vulnerabilities, verify their exploitability dynamically, and create a feedback loop for rapid enhancement of static analysis capabilities. The objectives of this 3-year...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station received a $3.49 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response program (CFDA 81.008), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award funds research, development, and demonstration of an integrated planning tool that combines natural hazard...
- Under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.008), the American Public Power Association (APPA) was awarded a $4,000,000 cooperative agreement on May 1, 2024. This funding will enable APPA, under the direction of the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), to engage its membership of electric public power utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture. The cooperative...
- Grant Award Summary Nreca Research received a $3.15M Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Cyber Security under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008), awarded July 9, 2026, with completion targeted for July 8, 2029. The Trusted Industrial Control Cybersecurity Community – Threat Analysis Center (TICCC-TAC) initiative will develop a peer-to-peer ecosystem designed to strengthen the community of Information Technology...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary New York University received a $1.47 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008), awarded October 1, 2025, and extending through September 30, 2027. The award funds the development of next-generation tools and technologies designed to enhance the security and resilience of...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Southern California Edison Company (SCE) received a $5.6 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response program (CFDA 81.008), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The award funds SCE to develop and demonstrate collaborative autonomy (CA) computational techniques that enable distributed...
Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI) received a $2.81 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This three-year award supports investments to strengthen the community of eligible entities currently providing information technology (IT) and cybersecurity support services to electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. The primary deliverable is enhancement of the cybersecurity posture of electric utilities through coordinated support from IT and cybersecurity service providers serving the utility sector. The funded activities align with CESER's mandate to develop tools and technologies that reduce risks to U.S. energy infrastructure from cybersecurity threats and other hazards. Under this cooperative agreement, EPRI will leverage its established expertise in critical infrastructure security and energy sector research to facilitate knowledge sharing, capability building, and technology adoption among the existing community of service providers supporting rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities, thereby advancing collective cybersecurity resilience across a critical segment of the energy sector.Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.8m | 6/29/26 |