This $3,163,529 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund the Wisconsin Long Range Transportation Plan Tranche 1 Transmission Line Project Reviews. The award will enhance the project review process and creation of the record of evidence for three interstate high-voltage transmission lines in Wisconsin, thereby increasing agency efficiency and effectiveness. This will maintain the high caliber...
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...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) a $116,000,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The grant will fund the implementation of a data fusion-empowered, interoperable control framework to modernize power grid planning and operations, while maximizing benefits across disadvantaged communities. The project will deploy a selection of grid-edge technologies for field demonstration and develop an...
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 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 Department of Energy awarded a $172,961,605 Project Grant to Avista Corporation under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The grant funding will support a 5-year project to rebuild over 40 miles of the Lolo-Oxbow 230kV transmission line in Washington, effectively increasing the line capacity by 57% during summer months. The project also includes constructing a new Pallette Junction Station and rebuilding 25 miles of the 230kV line south of Imnaha. This...
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $81,500,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc. The grant, titled the "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - WHEELER PROJECT", will fund the construction of 55 miles of 115 kilovolt transmission lines in Dalhart, Texas. The project aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the U.S. electric grid infrastructure,...
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...
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 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...