This Project Grant award, totaling $39,814,028, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to address grid management challenges related to the rapid growth of distributed energy resources and electric vehicles in Consumers Energy Company's service area. The award aims to enhance real-time grid visibility and management through technology innovation and industry collaboration. The project seeks to improve grid...
The Department of Energy awarded E Source Companies LLC a $165,434,810 project grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The objective of this 5-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, is to develop a unified approach and comprehensive framework to mitigate risks and impacts from grid infrastructure hazards, accelerating the deployment of technologies and best practices to improve situational awareness, reduce response time, and...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) provides $37,660,506 to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to implement three economic development activities in communities impacted by the construction of a new power transmission line. The activities include: (1) establishing an apprenticeship program to support power transmission and distribution, (2) creating a low-income...
This $289,678,720 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) aims to accelerate the adoption of clean energy by modernizing and standardizing electric distribution grid management at the community level. The award to Exelon Business Services Company will fund the implementation of Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS), and Unbalanced Load...
The Department of Energy awarded a $8,791,658 Project Grant to the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. This 3-year grant, running from October 2024 to September 2027, seeks to increase grid reliability and resiliency in the face of severe storms and climate change impacts. The key objectives are to: 1) Increase grid reliability in the face of more severe storms and climate change, 2) Increase grid reliability to reduce...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $98,662,016 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Switched Source LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The grant, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund the deployment of distribution-level power flow controllers to a large utility at scale, and the incorporation of this medium voltage power flow control technology into the utility's planning and...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $96,000,000 Project Grant to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The grant will fund the Community Grid Innovation Program (CGIP), which consists of two primary components: 1) a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) and 2) the expansion of LADWP's distributed energy resource (DER) programs. These systems will work in conjunction to provide...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $126,739,921 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to FirstEnergy Service Co. to deploy smart grid technology across approximately 50 distribution circuits in West Virginia and Maryland. The CREATE project will increase load transferability, automated switching, SCADA control, and circuit capacity to advance electrification and support expanding electrification in transportation, buildings, distributed...
This $116,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) to implement a data fusion-empowered, interoperable control framework to modernize power grid planning and operations, while maximizing benefits across disadvantaged communities. The project will deploy a selection of grid-edge technologies for field demonstration and develop an interoperable control...
This $205,571,038 Department of Energy Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) grant awarded to Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. will improve reliability and resilience for electric cooperative customers in rural disadvantaged communities in Illinois and Indiana. The project will build 88.27 miles of looped 69 kV and 138 kV transmission lines to substations currently served radially, enhancing the grid infrastructure and increasing service reliability for...