The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $16,402,759 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Randolph Electric Membership Corp, a non-profit electric cooperative in Asheboro, North Carolina. The overarching goal of this 4-year grant, with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028, is to engineer, design, and deploy a suite of resiliency-targeted grid system upgrades. These upgrades are intended to improve service...
The Department of Energy awarded a $37,533,791 Project Grant to the Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The funding will be used to implement a "Smart Grid Implementation Project" across the cooperative's distribution network. The project aims to increase the efficiency, reliability, flexibility, and resiliency of the grid through the deployment of grid-enhancing technologies. This includes...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $76,324,030 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) to modernize its distribution system in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The grant funding will be used to expand REC's utility fiber network, upgrade substations with security systems, deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and improve grid resilience and reliability. The project...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $4,927,000 Clean Energy Demonstrations grant (CFDA 81.255) to Randolph Electric Membership Corp, a non-profit electric cooperative in Asheboro, North Carolina. The grant funding will support a project to replace 21 miles of deteriorating wooden transmission poles with galvanized steel poles in central North Carolina. The goal is to harden the transmission infrastructure, reduce power outages, improve system durability and safety, and help mitigate...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $15,345,140 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to the Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. The overall objective of this 5-year project, starting on September 1, 2024, 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...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $56,467,886 Project Grant to Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corp (Joemc) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 81.254). The funding will support Joemc's project to optimize access to regional renewable energy sources and address infrastructure challenges in the organization's rural, tri-state service area. Key objectives include improving grid reliability, increasing renewable energy capacity, and...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $23,736,354 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program to the Fayetteville Public Works Commission. The grant, running from January 2025 to December 2029, aims to implement technologies and equipment that will support increased system visibility, the use of automated controls, the integration of distributed energy resources, and greater ability to rebalance the system. The goal is to improve the flexibility, efficiency,...
This $7,617,635 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program aims to modernize Tri-County Electric Cooperative Inc.'s electrical infrastructure in South Carolina. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant (July 2024 to July 2029) include: Upgrading outdated electricity meters with advanced Radio Frequency (RF) meters to provide timely and accurate energy consumption data....
This Project Grant award of $68,035,235 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) will enable Virginia Electric & Power Co., a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc., to expand critical grid management capabilities needed for the energy transition. The project aims to implement a pioneering set of transmission and distribution sensors, devices, and systems that will increase grid flexibility, unlock asset efficiencies, and...
The Department of Energy awarded a $114,198,772 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). The objective of this award is to rebuild the entire 230 kV Lee-Milburnie transmission line and, where feasible, allow for the future addition of a second circuit. Other goals include upgrading all line and terminal equipment. This funding, which has an award date of January 1,...