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 $1,425,098 Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), supports the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department in Wakefield, Massachusetts. This Project Grant, under CFDA 20.708, will enable the municipal utility to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline system and acquire equipment to enhance safety and operational efficiency. The key objectives are to reduce safety incidents and fatalities, avoid economic losses, improve energy delivery to underserved communities, and eliminate methane leaks through comprehensive infrastructure modernization efforts. The grant has a performance period of 5 years, from April 4, 2025 to April 3, 2030. There are no known sub-recipients for this award.

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: wakefield municipal gas and light department, MA municipality/community. Subrecipient activities: no known subrecipients.