Project Grant R19AP00136

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 Moulton Niguel Water District in Southern California received a $1,012,996 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to replace 2,850 existing water meters with low resolution ultrasonic meters that are compatible with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The project is expected to result in annual water savings of 1,735 acre-feet by detecting and reducing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $218,747 Project Grant to the City of Universal City, Texas under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA #15.507). The purpose of the grant is to purchase and install 656 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) water meters throughout the city. The existing water meter infrastructure in Universal City has reached the end of its useful life and is resulting in significant water loss...

The City of Idaho Falls received a $2.5 million Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) awarded on June 3, 2025. The grant funds the installation of 250 water meters at commercial properties throughout Idaho Falls to measure potable water consumption. This metering infrastructure will enable the city to implement a consumption-based billing structure that incentivizes water efficiency among...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded East Orange County Water District (EOCWD) a $1.25 million Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) on October 1, 2025, to implement advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and equipment for its water utility operations. The funding, authorized through the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, will enable the installation and deployment of real-time...

The City of St. George, Utah received an $8,262,257 project grant award from the 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 installation of 32,500 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) end points on existing water meters to enable real-time evaluation of water use data. The project will also implement a customer portal to allow for real-time water management. This...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $17,755,974 WaterSMART grant (CFDA 15.507) to the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to install advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) on approximately 40,000 residential, commercial, and industrial water meters in the Oakland, California area. The project will provide EBMUD customers with real-time water usage data and is expected to result in 1,176 acre-feet of annual water savings by reducing leaks. The water...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc. received a $5.8 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 cooperative will procure and deploy advanced electric meters across all 11,800 metering locations throughout its service territory in East Montpelier, Vermont, with project completion...

The City of Stockton received $8.5 million in federal funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on October 28, 2025, to replace 25,401 water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for residential, commercial, and irrigation customers. The project, scheduled for completion by December 31, 2027, will deploy real-time data monitoring, early leak detection capabilities, and remote data readout...

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...