Submission Deadline: Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement Program Second Round Funding Opportunity Applications
On September 29, 2023, the Grid Deployment Office released a $9 million Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement Program (WEMSE) funding opportunity announcement to provided technical and financial assistance to states and regional system operators to perform analytical studies and ensure meaningful engagement in market activities, including interregional transmission planning. Activities under this program could include performing analytical studies on critical market issues, convening stakeholders, or increasing a state or region’s capacity to engage in market design reform efforts and stakeholder planning processes at a regional level.
GDO is administering the WEMSE program through rolling application rounds. This is intended to afford states, market operators, and other wholesale market stakeholders the time to develop coalitions and coordinate joint applications as appropriate.
Second round funding opportunity full applications are due by 5:00 p.m. ET on June 13, 2024.
Selections from the first round funding opportunity were announced on April 11, 2024.