The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $53,596,688 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Tri-State Generation And Transmission Association, Inc. The goal of this 5-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024, is to help electric cooperatives in four states remain economically and operationally healthy by increasing the efficiency, capacity, flexibility, reliability, and resilience of the recipient's bulk power grid that serves 42...
The Department of Energy awarded a $1,750,000 Project Grant to the Northwest Power Pool (also doing business as the Western Power Pool) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The grant supports the development of the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition's West-Wide Transmission Plan, which aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the U.S. electric grid infrastructure. The project will focus on grid modernization, renewable energy...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $37,533,791 Project Grant through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to the Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative. The funding will support the implementation of grid-enhancing technologies across the utility's distribution network. The project aims to increase the efficiency, reliability, flexibility, and resilience of the grid through measures such as preventing faults, integrating variable renewable energy...
The Department of Energy awarded a $33,735,272 Project Grant to the Black Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The funding will be used to reduce recloser fault energy, install non-expulsion fuses on power lines, increase grid capacity for consumer electrification, create and implement a utility wildfire risk tool, and create workforce opportunities in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The project aims...
This $205,571,038 Department of Energy Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) grant award 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 in these regions. The award, which spans from...
This federal Project Grant award, worth $31,189,036.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The funding will support the University of Illinois in reconductoring transmission lines with advanced conductor technology to increase transmission capacity and smart grid capabilities in rural North Dakota. The project aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the electric grid infrastructure...
The Department of Energy awarded a $103,636,574 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Allete, Inc. (dba Minnesota Power) for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Minnesota Power High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Termination Expansion Capability (HTEC) Project. The overall goal of this 5-year project, spanning from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, is to work with an HVDC supplier to design and build two voltage source converter...
The Department of Energy awarded a $60,413,539 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Veir Inc. The grant, titled "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - ACCESS CLEAN ENERGY WITH SUPERCONDUCTORS ACES PROJECT", will fund the development and deployment of advanced superconductor technologies to modernize and improve the reliability of the U.S. electric grid infrastructure. The project will run from January 1, 2025...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $501,598,101 Cooperative Agreement to the Utah Office of Energy Development (OED) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The primary objective of this award is to implement advanced high-temperature, low-sag (HTLS) conductors on existing transmission rights-of-way in the Western region, which will enable the transfer of an additional 500+ megawatts of renewable electricity. This deployment, using modern composite...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $15,345,140 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to the Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. The grant will fund a three-part Wildfire Damage Mitigation Project with the overall objective of providing clean, resilient, and affordable energy to the cooperative's member-owners. The project will accelerate and expand the recipient's grid resilience investments, better preparing it to avoid,...