The Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Grants program is split between $2.5 billion in matching grants for industry, also known as the Grid Resilience Utility and Industry Grants, and $2.3 billion in formula grants for States and Tribes, also known as the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program.
Overview
Office:Grid Deployment Office |
New Program:Yes |
Funding amount:$5,000,000,000 |
Funding Mechanism:Grant |
Recipients:Grid Resilience Utility and Industry Grants – May include but not limited to: Electric Grid Operators, Electricity Storage Operators, Electricity Generators, Transmission Owners and Operators, Distribution Providers, Fuel Suppliers
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Period of Availability:Available until expended |
More Information
To qualify, grantees must address at least one of the following:
- Weatherization technologies and equipment
- Fire-resistant technologies and fire prevention systems
- Monitoring and control technologies
- Undergrounding of electrical equipment
- Utility pole management
- Relocation of power lines or the reconductoring of power lines with low sag, advanced conductors
- Vegetation and fuel load management
- Use or construction of distributed energy resources for enhancing system adaptive capacity during disruptive events, including— microgrids and battery storage subcomponents
- Adaptive protection technologies
- Advanced modeling technologies
- Hardening of power lines, facilities, substations, of other systems
- Replacement of old overhead conductors and underground cables
- Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formal Grants Amended to Better Support Tribal Entities | Department of Energy
- Grid Deployment Office Amends ALRD for Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants to Extend Deadline and Offer Mail-in Submittal Option | Department of Energy
- Grid Deployment Office Amends ALRD for State and Tribal Grid Resilience Formula Grants to Include Alaska Native Regional Corporations | Department of Energy
- Biden Administration Announces $2.3 Billion for States and Tribes to Strengthen and Modernize America’s Power Grid | Department of Energy
- Biden-Harris Administration Launches $10.5 Billion Investment to Strengthen America’s Electric Grid | Department of Energy
- Biden Administration Launches $2.3 Billion Program to Strengthen and Modernize America's Power Grid | Department of Energy
- DOE Launches New Initiative From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Modernize National Grid | Department of Energy
Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants – Applications for the first two years of funding are due May 31, 2023 for States and Territories and August 31, 2023 for Tribes.
Grid Resilience Utility and Industry Grants - Applications for the first round of funding closed on April 6, 2023. The second round of funding is anticipated to be released in Q1 of FY24.
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