Formula Grant DEGD0000482

The Department of Energy awarded a $651,392 Formula Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to the Tule River Indian Tribal Council. The grant, titled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes", aims to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events in Porterville, California. The award period runs from July 2024...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $81,500,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to the Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Dalhart, TX. The primary objective of this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded project is to construct 55 miles of 115 kilovolt transmission lines. The project is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2025 and be completed by December 31, 2029. This grant aims to modernize and enhance the U.S. electric...

This $836,519 Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program, aims to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events. The funding will support initiatives by the Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA Nation), a federally recognized tribal government in North Dakota, to strengthen the reliability and flexibility of the region's electricity infrastructure. Key activities may include grid...

This $36,034,716 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund a partnership between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a host transmission utility. The project aims to install an Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional grid tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...

The federal Formula Grant award of $329,757 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) grant program. The objective of this award is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska located in Macy, Nebraska. The funding will support a range of activities to maintain and upgrade generation facilities, enhance transmission and distribution systems, prevent power...

The Burns Paiute Tribe was awarded a $336,437 Formula Grant under the Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The objective of this 8-year award, with a completion date of April 30, 2032, is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events in Burns, OR. As a federally recognized Native American tribe, the Burns Paiute Tribe will leverage this funding to support a range of initiatives focused on maintaining and...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $99,000,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to Gridunity, Inc. The objective of this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) project is to accelerate the clean energy transition and required grid investments by reducing the time it takes to review, approve, and commission new generation interconnections across the United States. Gridunity will create a replicable, extensible, and scalable software...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $33,735,272 Project Grant to Black Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to reduce wildfire risks in the Black Hills region. The key products and services to be delivered include: reducing recloser fault energy, installing non-expulsion fuses on power lines, increasing grid capacity to support consumer electrification, creating and implementing a utility wildfire risk tool, and...

The Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) awarded a $205,571,038 Project Grant to Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. to improve reliability and resilience for electric cooperative customers in rural disadvantaged communities in Illinois and Indiana. The project seeks to build 88.27 miles of looped 69 kV and 138 kV transmission lines to substations currently served radially. The award date is January 1, 2025, with a target...

The federal Project Grant award of $110,563,389.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The objective of this award is to improve grid reliability and visibility, encourage equitable economic growth, promote diverse and union opportunities, invest in the American workforce, and identify actionable solutions. The awardee, Union Electric Company (doing business as Ameren Missouri), will...