Project Grant DEOE0000294

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $60,161,443 Project Grant to the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. This funding will support the deployment of smart grid technologies, including reclosers, capacitor banks, voltage regulators, and sensors, to enhance grid reliability, resilience, and efficiency in the Phoenix, AZ area. The objectives of this award are to improve real-time monitoring, control, and...

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...

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 The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year grant (July 2024 to July 2029) include: Upgrading outdated electricity meters with advanced Radio Frequency (RF) meters to provide timely and accurate energy consumption data....

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $160,771 Cooperative Agreement on May 3, 2024 to the City of Caliente, Nevada under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The project aims to address inefficiencies, privacy, and safety concerns related to Caliente's electric meters by replacing old technology with advanced metering infrastructure. This will enable automatic meter information access and uploads for both the utility and its...

The City of Edinburg, Texas will replace 500 residential water meters with smart meters through a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART program. The smart meters will help conserve water usage and prevent loss by allowing the city to better track and manage daily water consumption. This supports Edinburg's 2021 capital improvement plan to further water conservation and infrastructure upgrades. The grant-funded project aligns...

The South Tahoe Public Utility District, located in El Dorado County, California, was awarded a $966,874 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) grant program (CFDA 15.507). The grant funds will be used to install 80 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and meter transceiver units on residential and multifamily customer water service connections. All meters will be...

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board in Texas was awarded a $18,463,578 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the replacement of approximately 17,678 manual read water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) smart meters, as well as the retrofitting of 39,773 existing meters with AMI-compatible registers and endpoints. This...

Cooperative Agreement Summary Arizona State University received a $1.51M Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) to conduct research on data-driven reliable and resilient operation of active transmission and distribution systems. The project, which commenced September 1, 2025 and extends through August 30, 2028, focuses on researching, developing, and...

This $1,430,102 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) aims to develop and demonstrate advanced data analytics for improved grid monitoring, operation, and control. The project will leverage Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) data, and next-generation grid-edge computing metering to maximize...

This $36,034,716 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund a partnership between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a host transmission utility. The project aims to install an Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional grid tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...