Natural gas distribution infrastructure safety and modernization (NGDISM) grant program - this grant supports awarded municipality/community-owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace their…

The Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha (MUD) was awarded a $25,225,287 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program (CFDA 20.708). The grant, awarded on April 4, 2025, will support MUD, a municipality-owned utility, in repairing, rehabilitating, or replacing high-risk, leak-prone natural gas distribution pipelines in Omaha, Nebraska. The key objectives of the grant are to reduce safety incidents and fatalities, avoid economic losses, improve the safe delivery of energy to underserved communities, and eliminate methane leaks through comprehensive natural gas infrastructure modernization efforts. The grant has a performance period of 5 years, with a planned completion date of April 3, 2030. No sub-recipients were identified in the provided information.

Natural gas distribution infrastructure safety and modernization (NGDISM) grant program - this grant supports awarded municipality/community-owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace their natural gas distribution pipeline system, or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) avoid economic losses. Deliverables/expected outcomes: improve the safe delivery of energy to often underserved communities, reducing incidents and fatalities, as well as eliminate methane leaks. Intended beneficiary: metropolitan utilities district, NE municipality/community. Subrecipient activities: no known subrecipients.