This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) provides $39,388,628 to the City of Tallahassee, Florida to improve energy resilience and reliability in disadvantaged communities. The funding will support initiatives to enhance grid infrastructure, integrate renewable energy, and strengthen emergency preparedness for extreme weather events. Key deliverables include modernizing the electricity...
The Department of Energy awarded a $71,271,885 Project Grant to Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. This funding will support building a resilient grid to mitigate the effects of extreme weather in North Central Florida over the 5-year period from 2025 to 2029. As a U.S. local government entity, GRU will leverage this grant to deliver critical infrastructure and utility services, including...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $67,101,175 formula grant to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The 4-year grant, running from October 2024 to September 2028, supports FPL's Smart Grid Manhole and Vault Monitoring Project (MVMP) to enhance smart grid deployment and improve electric grid infrastructure resilience across Florida. The project aims to implement remote monitoring techniques for transformer...
The Department of Energy awarded the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority a $8,791,658 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. This three-year grant, running from October 2024 to September 2027, aims to increase grid reliability and resilience in the face of severe storms and climate change impacts. The key objectives include improving grid reliability to reduce outage frequency and duration, increasing grid capacity to accommodate growing...
This $142,409,585 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) will deploy innovative digital technology solutions to maximize the value of third-party distributed energy resources (DER) at the distribution level. The key objectives are to: (i) improve distribution grid visibility and autonomous controls for grid operators, (ii) aggregate and integrate DER and other grid-edge devices to provide system...
This Project Grant award, totaling $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 electric...
This federal Project Grant award of $200,161,070, funded by the Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program, aims to improve electricity service reliability and resilience in disadvantaged communities. The key products and services to be delivered include: Lateral fusing of the low-voltage distribution system to enhance grid sectionalization and automated circuit ties, which will help mitigate the impact of power outages. Hardening of...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $116,000,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Commonwealth Edison Co (ComEd) to implement a data fusion-empowered, interoperable control framework for modernizing power grid planning and operations. This project aims to deploy a selection of grid-edge technologies for field demonstration and develop an interoperable control architecture and grid-edge analytic platform to address...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $125,831,715 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Entergy New Orleans, LLC. The goal of this 5-year project is to create a cost-effective, reliable, and resilient electrical grid with a battery-powered microgrid to withstand climate change impacts in disadvantaged communities in New Orleans East. The project will harden electrical lines and deploy battery microgrids to improve the...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $70,476,750 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) project grant to Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Seco) to improve the reliability, flexibility, and efficiency of its electric power system in Sumterville, Florida. The funding will support multiple interrelated priority investments, including converting overhead utilities to underground systems, addressing aging or inefficient underground lines, and upgrading conductors to...