The United States Department of Energy (DOE), Loan Programs Office (LPO) is considering whether to issue a loan guarantee of a funding facility to Alabama Power Company (APC) pursuant to its authority under the EDF Program.
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October 29, 2025
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The United States Department of Energy (DOE), Loan Programs Office (LPO) is considering whether to issue a loan guarantee of a funding facility to Alabama Power Company (APC) pursuant to its authority under the EDF Program. In its application, APC has identified the Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) (Project) for inclusion in the funding facility that is the subject of DOE's loan guarantee.
This project includes the design, development, and implementation of a DERMS, a software application platform to manage device information and monitor and enable control of distributed energy resources (DER) through Virtual Power Plants (VPP).