Project Grant D23AP00297

Award Date 9/20/23
Completion Date 9/30/26
Dollars Obligated $7.5M
Federal Agency
Insular Affairs
Federal Grant Program
15.875
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
United States
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  1. Phase 1 of replacing ASPA's existing electric metering system with a new smart metering system (advanced metering infrastructure or AMI). The AMI system will enable ASPA to offer a new lower-cost time-of-use electricity rate structure to incentivize consumers to use electricity when surplus renewable energy is available. The smart metering system will also help ASPA reduce technical and non-technical utility losses.

  2. Phase 1 of replacing 20 of ASPA's gasoline and diesel-powered pickup trucks with electric vehicles, as well as installing 6 Level 2 and 3 electric vehicle charging stations that can also serve new electric school buses being purchased by the American Samoa Department of Education.

This grant, awarded on September 20, 2023, will support these infrastructure upgrades and fleet electrification projects through the grant's ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026.

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