Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008879

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $500,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the State Energy Program (CFDA 81.041) on January 1, 2025. The goal of the program is for a multi-jurisdictional partner team in North Carolina to begin planning a network of regional, energy resilient, community hubs that will offer power to residents during and after disasters, as well as provide community programming, including workforce development and sustainability...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $3,552,522 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to the Central Pines Regional Council, also known as the North Carolina Association of Regional Councils of Government. The objective of this 1-year project is to assess the performance, reliability, usability, and safety of AC Level 2 and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations across all 50 states, the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement to Centralina Council of Governments under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) for the period of April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Under this award, Centralina will serve as a Clean Cities and Communities (CC&C) Coalition, delivering stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and outreach services within its...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), seeks to develop frameworks, metrics, and tools to quantify the resilience of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and potential mitigation strategies for the state of Colorado. The $1,296,937 award to Colorado State University will create an EV charging infrastructure resiliency plan for...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, CFDA 81.135, provides $2,697,458.00 in funding to North Carolina State University to develop a dynamic, distributed off-grid system that can convert renewable power, water, and CO2 into transportable and sustainable fuels. The project, titled "Distributed Gasoline from Carbon Dioxide (CO2) via Plasma-Enhanced Catalysts-in-Tandem (PECT)," aims to address the challenge of limited grid...

The Economic Development Administration awarded Electricities of North Carolina, Inc. a $160,998 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on March 8, 2022. The grant will support Electricities of North Carolina in providing technical assistance to ten economically distressed public power communities across North Carolina. The technical assistance aims to help these communities strategically leverage manufacturing investment opportunities to strengthen local...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $1,220,000 to evaluate and enhance the resilience of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) and associated distribution grid infrastructure in Indianapolis, IN, Dayton, OH, and Ames, IA. The primary objectives are to: (A) quantify the resilience of EVCS and the supporting power...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $16,402,759 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Randolph Electric Membership Corp, a non-profit electric cooperative in Asheboro, North Carolina. The overarching goal of this 4-year grant, with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028, is to engineer, design, and deploy a suite of resiliency-targeted grid system upgrades. These upgrades are intended to improve service...

The $283,303,326 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program supports The Narragansett Electric Company (dba Rhode Island Energy) in deploying advanced information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) to enable smart decarbonization and help the state of Rhode Island meet its climate and clean energy mandates. The 5-year project, which began on October 1, 2024, aims to improve the reliability, resilience,...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $944,000 Project Grant under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the Puerto Rico Climate Resilience Project (PRCRP). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Increase the off-grid operational duration of the Ramey Border Patrol Station/Headquarters site by 14 days beyond the...