Project Grant R20AP00081

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 Alhambra, California was awarded a $210,527.59 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 will fund the upgrade of 458 water meters across the city's service area with new Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology. The new meters will improve the city's ability to meet water demands and provide highly accurate, real-time...

The City of Highland, Utah will install 4,253 advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters and retrofit 250 existing meters with AMI capabilities under a $8.415 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. The grant funding supports the City's project to implement AMI on unmetered pressurized irrigation connections and existing meters for residential, commercial, and institutional customers. The project aims to save an estimated 2,100 acre-feet of water...

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's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,224,295 project grant to the Desert Water Agency, a local government entity in southern California. This grant, funded through the Bureau's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), will support the final phase of the agency's Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) installation project. Specifically, the grant will enable the Desert Water Agency to equip the remaining 205 meters...

The Rubidoux Community Service District in California was awarded a $3,346,653 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program on November 30, 2023. The grant will fund the conversion of 6,386 manual-read water meters to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters, the implementation of an online customer portal system, and a water conservation outreach campaign. The project is expected to result in annual water savings of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the San Lorenzo Valley Water District in California. The grant will be used to upgrade 443 water meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. This AMI system will allow the water district to reduce water leakage, increase water conservation, improve operational efficiency, and increase...

The City of Redlands, California was awarded a $6,707,758 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) on September 12, 2023. The grant will fund the replacement of 9,070 water meters and the retrofit of an additional 5,876 meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) smart meters. This project represents the final three phases of the city's citywide water...

The Department of Energy awarded a $33,328,742 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Liberty Utilities (Calpeco Electric) LLC, doing business as Liberty Energy. The grant, titled "Project Leapfrog," aims to digitize Liberty Energy's metering fleet and operations in the Lake Tahoe area of California. Key deliverables include deploying a foundational advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution, integrating real-time...

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...