Lansing Board Of Water & Light

Lansing Board of Water & Light (doing business as BWL), a tax-exempt non-profit utility based in Lansing, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient providing water and electricity services to the utility sector. The vendor's federal footprint is dominated by grant work rather than contracts — six of ten recent federal awards are prime grants or sub-grants, with four awards concentrated in Department of Energy programs.

BWL's most significant recent federal award is a $1.495 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program (CFDA 81.008), dated August 1, 2026, running through July 30, 2029. The award funds implementation of internal network security monitoring across critical infrastructure at BWL's Lansing, Michigan facility as part of the broader Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act initiative to strengthen resilience of U.S. critical energy infrastructure against cybersecurity, physical, and natural hazards. Prior grant work includes four sub-awards from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy: a grid resiliency project (August 2026), an energy waste reduction and renewable energy training pilot targeting six to eight energy advisors and home energy assessments (February 2025), a grid resiliency project with monthly and annual outcome reporting (December 2024), and a source water protection grant (December 2024).

The vendor also holds a small contract footprint anchored by the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 5 with two awards carrying $2.4 million in combined potential value. The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 round out the customer set. Though combined potential value across all awards stands at $2.4 million, combined dollars obligated total $14.2 million — reflecting multi-year grants where obligated amounts exceed initial potential values. Award activity is sparse and episodic: one award in 2011, one in 2012, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026, with no pattern of consistent federal engagement outside the recent CESER award and related state-administered sub-awards.