The Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) was awarded a $49,235,154 Project Grant under the Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) on October 1, 2024. This funding will enable SMECO, a non-profit electric cooperative serving over 160,000 customers in Southern Maryland, to complete several transformative programs and projects that will improve electric service reliability and reduce impacts from extreme weather events in the region. The grant is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Transmission, Distribution, and Communications Resiliency Initiative, which aims to modernize grid infrastructure and enhance community resilience nationwide. Through this Project Grant, SMECO will execute initiatives that maintain and upgrade critical generation facilities, enhance power transmission and distribution systems, and deploy smart grid technologies to prevent outages, integrate renewable energy, and strengthen emergency preparedness in their service area.
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