Formula Grant DEGD0000827

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...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Department of Energy awarded Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) a $16.9 million project grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. This congressionally directed spending project will enhance the reliability and resilience of the electric distribution grid serving the Omaha, Nebraska area through three primary infrastructure modernization...

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe received a $494,747.25 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program on July 29, 2024. The objective of this grant is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events and ensure power reliability for the Tribe's community and surrounding regions. The award will fund a multi-year project focused on grid modernization, renewable energy integration, transmission...

This $340,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Iowa State University from March 2022 to February 2025 to analyze statistical patterns in utility outage data to improve electrical grid resilience. The university will process standard utility records of blackouts and outages to extract and quantify timing and event patterns. Researchers will develop practical resilience metrics and contingency lists calculated from the data to...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety was awarded a $12,209,152.56 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA #97.047). The grant will support hazard mitigation activities from December 2021 through December 2024. The BRIC program aims to reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards by supporting activities such as infrastructure resilience projects and nature-based solutions. This...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $149,304 Project Grant to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The three-year award will fund hazard mitigation activities from August 2022 through August 2025. The BRIC program makes federal funds available to federally recognized tribal governments for projects that reduce risks from natural disasters and their effects on communities. The Bad River...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety was awarded a $165,270.10 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA #97.047) to support hazard mitigation activities from December 2021 through December 2024. The BRIC program aims to reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards by supporting activities such as infrastructure resilience projects and nature-based solutions. This award will...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will receive $474,061.82 in federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program (CFDA #97.047) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding will support hazard mitigation activities that increase resilience to natural disasters as authorized under FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. This program aims to support states, local...

The Wind River Inter-Tribal Council was awarded a $1,208,950 federal Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program on June 5, 2024. The grant funding will support hazard mitigation and climate adaptation initiatives on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming over a 3-year period ending on June 4, 2027. The BRIC program provides funding to states, territories, tribal governments, and local communities for...