ARRA Smart Grid Demonstration Program (SGDP) Projects

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided funding for Smart Grid Demonstration Program projects across the United States. The table below contains the title, Headquarters location, and funding information for each project. To learn more about a specific project, click on the project name. 

 

PROJECT NAMEHEADQUARTERSAWARD AMOUNTTOTAL PROJECT VALUE

AEP Ohio (gridSMART Demonstration Project)

Ohio

$75,161,200

$148,822,000

Amber Kinetics, Inc. (Flywheel Energy Storage Demonstration)

California

$3,694,660

$7,457,590

Aquion Energy (Sodium-Ion Battery for Grid-level Applications)

Pennsylvania

$5,179,000

$10,359,800

ATK Launch System (Integrated, Automated DG Technologies Demonstration Phase I Extension)

Utah

$2,148,130

$2,685,160

Battelle Memorial Institute (Pacific Northwest Division Smart Grid Demonstration Project) 

Washington

$88,821,200

$177,642,000

CCET (Technology Solutions for Wind Integration)

Texas

$13,516,500

$27,075,500

Chevron Energy Solutions L.P. (CERTS: Microgrid Demonstration with Large-Scale Energy Storage and Renewables at Santa Rita Jail)

California

$6,418,710

$12,285,500

City of Fort Collins (Research Development and Demonstration of Peak Load Reduction on Distribution Feeders Using Distributed Energy Resources for the City of Fort Collins)

Colorado

$6,695,880

$11,797,900

City of Painesville, Ohio (Vanadium Redox Battery Demonstration Program)

Ohio

$4,243,570

$9,462,620

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Secure Interoperable Open Smart Grid Demonstration Project)

New York

$45,388,300

$92,388,200

Consolidated Edison Company of NY (Interoperability of Demand Response Resources Demonstration in NY)

New York

$6,824,390

$12,973,200

Detroit Edison (Advanced Implementation of Energy Storage Technologies)

Michigan

$4,995,270

$10,877,300

Duke Energy Business Services (Notrees Wind Storage Demonstration Project)

North Carolina

$21,806,200

$43,612,500

East Penn Manufacturing Co. (Grid-Scale Energy Storage Demonstration Using UltraBattery Technology)

Pennsylvania

$2,543,520

$5,087,270

Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (Managing Distribution System Resources for Improved Service Quality & Reliability, Transmission Congestion Relief & Grid Support Functions)

Hawaii

$6,994,980

$14,383,000

Hazle Spindle (20 MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant) [Formerly: Beacon Power]

Massachusetts

$24,064,000

$52,415,000

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) (The Perfect Power Prototype for the Illinois Institute of Technology)

Illinois

$7,648,680

$13,575,600

Kansas City Power and Light (Green Impact Zone SmartGrid Demonstration)

Missouri

$23,940,100

$49,830,300

Long Island Power Authority (Long Island Smart Energy Corridor)

New York

$12,496,000

$25,293,800

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (Smart Grid Regional Demonstration)

California

$60,280,000

$120,560,000

Monongahela Power Co.

West Virginia

$2,819,060

$4,258,930

National Resource Electric Cooperative Association (Enhanced Demand and Distribution Management Regional Demonstration)

Virginia

$33,932,100

$67,864,300

New York Power Authority (Evaluation of Instrumentation and Dynamic Thermal Ratings for Overhead Lines)

New York

$720,000

$1,440,000

New York State Electric and Gas (Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage)

New York

$1,394,450

$2,942,260

NSTAR Electric and Gas Corporation (Automated Meter Reading-Based Dynamic Pricing)

Massachusetts

$2,362,000

$4,877,990

NSTAR Electric and Gas Corporation (Urban Grid Marketing and Renewables Integration)

Massachusetts

$5,267,590

$10,591,900

Oncor Electric Delivery Company (Dynamic Line Rating)

Texas

$3,471,680

$7,136,550

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Advanced Underground Compressed Air Energy Storage)

California

$25,000,000

$355,938,000

Pecan Street Project Inc. (Energy Internet Demonstration)

Texas

$10,403,600

$24,657,100

Primus Power Corpoation (Wind Firming EnergyFarm)

California

$14,000,000

$46,700,000

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PV Plus Battery for Simultaneous Voltage Smoothing and Peak Shifting)

New Mexico

$2,305,930

$6,113,430

Raytheon Ktech (Flow Battery Solution for Smart Grid Renewable Energy Applications)

New Mexico

$4,764,280

$9,528,570

San Diego Gas & Electric (Borrego Springs Microgrid)

California

$7,477,810

$12,399,900

Seeo Inc (Solid State Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage)

California

$6,196,060

$12,392,100

Southern California Edison Company (Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration)

California

$39,621,200

$79,242,400

Southern California Edison Company (Tehachapi Windy Energy Storage Project)

California

$24,978,300

$49,956,500

SuperPower Inc (Fault Current Limiting Superconducting Transformer)

Wisconsin

$10,239,400

$20,478,800

SustainX Inc. (Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage)

New Hampshire

$5,396,020

$13,046,600

The Boeing Company (Boeing Smart Grid Solution)

Missouri

$8,561,400

$17,172,800

UNLV (Decreasing the Peak Demand in the Desert Southwest)

Nevada

$6,948,280

$15,170,900

VionX Energy (Distributed Energy Storage System) Formerly: Premium Power

Massachusetts

$6,062,550

$12,514,700