This Project Grant award, valued at $76,960,488.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The grant seeks to deploy a suite of advanced wildfire risk mitigation technologies within utilities facing wildfire risk challenges in the Western United States. The goal is to serve as a catalyst for widespread adoption of these technologies across the region. The project will be carried out by a coalition...
The Department of Energy awarded a $15,345,140 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. The overall objective of this 5-year project is to provide clean, resilient, and affordable energy to the cooperative's member-owners. The three-part Wildfire Damage Mitigation Project will accelerate and expand the cooperative's grid resilience investments, better preparing it to avoid, withstand,...
This Project Grant award, valued at $165,434,810, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to develop a unified approach and comprehensive framework to mitigate and address risks and impacts from hazards, accelerating the deployment of technologies and best practices to improve situational awareness, reduce response time, and increase the reliability of the...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program has awarded $289,678,720.00 to Exelon Business Services Company to accelerate the adoption of clean energy by modernizing and standardizing distribution grid management. The funding will be used to implement an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS), and Unbalanced Load Flow (UBLF) on targeted circuits aligned with...
The Department of Energy awarded a $123,557,512 Project Grant through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Pacificorp, doing business as Rocky Mountain Power, to implement a holistic technological ecosystem integrating innovative smart grid technologies. The project aims to enhance situational awareness and reduce or mitigate wildfire occurrences, while improving grid reliability, flexibility, and resiliency. Key components include advanced relays, a...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $121,244,291 Project Grant under its Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Arizona Public Service Company (APS), a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation. The 5-year project aims to enhance the resilience of Arizona's power grid and reduce the risk of wildfires by deploying innovative grid technologies and strategies across the state, with 69% of the work occurring in rural, tribal, or disadvantaged communities....
This Project Grant award, valued at $293,243,454.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The primary objective of the project, titled "PacifiCorp's Equity-Aware Enhancement of Grid Resiliency", is to reduce the impact of extreme weather events, particularly wildfires, on sections of the electric grid that serve disadvantaged communities. The project focuses on deploying innovative...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $36,908,967 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Delaware County Electric Cooperative Inc. The goal of this project is to enhance grid resilience against climate-induced weather disruptions and the threat of damage to trees caused by invasive species. The key objectives include implementing advanced monitoring and predictive analysis technologies, executing strategic grid hardening initiatives, and...
The Department of Energy awarded a $200,161,070 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Consumers Energy Company. The grant aims to complete a lateral fusing of low-voltage distribution systems, construct new circuit ties with automated loops, harden poles and wires, and pilot new grid sensors in targeted disadvantaged communities. The project objectives are to mitigate outage impacts, enhance grid resilience, and support workforce and local...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $2,090,080,308 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Minnesota Department of Commerce Division of Energy Resources. This award, dated October 1, 2024, will support the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue (JTIQ) Transmission Study Process and Portfolio projects to facilitate the interconnection of approximately 28 gigawatts of new renewable energy generation, primarily wind...