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
- Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Nearly $474 Million in New Grid Resilience Funding to States and Tribes as Part of Investing in America Agenda
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $2 Billion to Protect the Grid Against Growing Threats of Extreme Weather, Expand Transmission
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces $562 Million for States and Tribes to Strengthen and Modernize America’s Power Grid
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Up to $3.9 Billion to Modernize and Expand America's Power Grid
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.5 Billion for Largest Ever Investment in America’s Electric Grid, Deploying More Clean Energy, Lowering Costs, and Creating Union Jobs
- Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formal Grants Amended to Better Support Tribal Entities
- Grid Deployment Office Amends ALRD for Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants to Extend Deadline and Offer Mail-in Submittal Option
- Grid Deployment Office Amends ALRD for State and Tribal Grid Resilience Formula Grants to Include Alaska Native Regional Corporations
- Biden Administration Announces $2.3 Billion for States and Tribes to Strengthen and Modernize America’s Power Grid
- Biden-Harris Administration Launches $10.5 Billion Investment to Strengthen America’s Electric Grid
- Biden Administration Launches $2.3 Billion Program to Strengthen and Modernize America's Power Grid
- DOE Launches New Initiative from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Modernize National Grid
Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants – The U.S. Department of Energy expects to issue the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) in FY25 Q2.
Grid Resilience Utility and Industry Grants - The U.S. Department of Energy expects to launch a third round of funding in 2025.