November 21 – Selected Diablo Canyon near Avila Beach, California to receive a conditional award of up to $1.1 billion from the first round Civil Nuclear Credit program.
November 18 – Opened the application period for the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership programs, a $10.5 billion effort to enhance grid flexibility and improve the resilience of the power system against growing threats of extreme weather and climate change. GRIP includes three program.
November 18 – Opened the application period for the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program, an innovative revolving fund to help overcome the financial hurdles facing large-scale new transmission lines, upgrades of existing transmission lines.
November 2 – Selected Agustín Carbó to serve as the Director for the new Puerto Rico Grid Modernization and Recovery Team (PR Grid Modernization Team) that supports Puerto Rico in rebuilding an electricity grid that is more resilient, more secure, and capable of supporting 100% clean electricity by 2050.
September 9 – Announced a distribution of $13.5 million in incentive payments to 55 hydroelectric facilities through the Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program which supports hydropower development by providing funding for electricity generated and sold from dams and other water infrastructure throughout the United States that add or expand hydroelectric power generating capabilities.
August 10 – Opened the new Grid Deployment Office to provide electricity to everyone, everywhere by maintaining and investing in critical generation facilities to ensure resource adequacy and improving and expanding transmission and distribution systems.
July 21 – Held a Six-Month Progress Update Webinar for the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100), a community-driven and locally tailored roadmap to help Puerto Rico meet its target of 100% renewable electricity, improve power sector resiliency, and increase access to more affordable energy and cleaner air.
July 6 – Opened the application period for States, Tribal nations, and territories to apply for the $2.3 billion Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants designed to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis.
June 30 – Kicked off the nearly $630 million in investments in Hydroelectric Incentives to modernize the nation’s hydropower facilities and produce more clean, affordable power. The funding will cover capital improvement projects that will make hydropower facilities more energy efficient and resilient.
June 28 – Held the first in a series of stakeholder convenings focusing on Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission to collect input and collaborate on strategies to enable the development of sustainable and equitable offshore wind transmission that minimizes impacts to ocean co-users and marine environments and creates benefits for coastal and underserved communities, and the Nation as a whole.
May 10 – Launched the BIL-supported Transmission Facilitation Program, an innovative revolving fund program that will provide Federal support to overcome the financial hurdles to large-scale new transmission lines and upgrade existing transmission as well as the connection of microgrids in select States and U.S. territories.
February 11 – Established the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit Program to support the continued operation of U.S. nuclear reactors to help avoid premature retirements of nuclear reactorsacross the country.
February 2 – Initiated a new effort to accelerate work to strengthen Puerto Rico’s grid resilience and advance new initiatives with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Homeland Security (DHS) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
