Project Grant DEOE0000964
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Vermont Transco LLC received a $1.87 million 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), awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The project, titled "Model-Based Adaptive Platform Environment for Real-Time Dynamic Operating Envelopes and Operator Trust (MAPLE ROOT)," will develop 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 $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...
- 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 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 $49,235,154 Project Grant to the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SMECO) under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The grant, running from October 2024 to September 2029, will enable SMECO to implement transformative programs and projects in Southern Maryland that will improve electric service reliability for all customers and covered communities, as well as reduce impacts to the power system due...
- The City of Maywood received a $577,180 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) awarded on May 4, 2026. The grant funds the installation of a solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system at the Maywood Community Resilience Center. This demonstration project is designed to provide backup power to critical community loads during grid outages, enabling...
- The $283,303,326 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program supports The Narragansett Electric Company (dba Rhode Island Energy) in deploying advanced information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) to enable smart decarbonization and help the state of Rhode Island meet its climate and clean energy mandates. The 5-year project, which began on October 1, 2024, aims to improve the reliability, resilience,...
- The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $501,598,101 Cooperative Agreement under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to the Utah Office of Energy Development. The primary objective of this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded "RELIEF" project is to implement advanced conductors, such as high-temperature, low-sag (HTLS) conductors, to significantly boost transmission capacity by an estimated 500+ MW in the Western region. This will be...
- The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011132, entitled "REWIRED: RURAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR RAPID EVSE DEPLOYMENT," is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). This $2,294,576 project, awarded on June 1, 2024, aims to develop processes that minimize the soft costs of electric vehicle charging infrastructure installations to enable swifter...
Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. received a $5.82 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis program (CFDA 81.122) on September 29, 2025. The award supports the purchase and installation of advanced electric meters at all 11,800 metering locations within the cooperative's service territory in East Montpelier, Vermont. These smart meters will enable enhanced management of renewable power delivery across the grid, reduce power restoration times following outages, and facilitate member-owners' deployment of energy efficiency technologies. The project is scheduled for completion by September 29, 2029. This initiative aligns with the Office of Electricity's mandate to support grid modernization and distribution system infrastructure improvements. The advanced metering infrastructure represents a critical component of grid modernization efforts designed to integrate distributed renewable energy resources and improve overall system reliability and resilience across the cooperative's service area.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.5m | 9/29/25 |