Press Releases

DOE announced $2.5 million through the Transmission Acceleration Grants (TAG) program to Johns Hopkins University and Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission. Projects will expand grid capacity to maintain a reliable and resilient grid.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity announced today the reopening of the Beyond the Meter Prize competition to accelerate advancements in integrating behind the meter resources and energy storage systems.

DOE's Office of Electricity today announced the relaunch of the Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 3, which offers a total prize pool of more than $2.4 million in cash prizes and vouchers to work with a DOE national lab.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to keep a Colorado coal plant operational to ensure Americans have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months.

Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2 re-opening for submissions. This prize is a call for new, innovative, and promising energy storage solutions to address niche markets and to grow a community of energy storage innovators. The Energy Storage Innovations Prize offers a total prize pool of $300,000 in cash prizes.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to ensure Americans in the Northwestern region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable and secure electricity heading into the cold winter months.

The Feeder of the Future Prize, which encourages grid system feeder and circuit designs, is now open for submissions to meet power delivery demands.

The Department of Energy today announced the extension of the emergency orders that are strengthening Puerto Rico’s electric grid.

The Department of Energy (DOE) today issued its fifth emergency order authorized by Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to secure America’s grid reliability.