Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes
- Currently Closed
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Tribes deadline August 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET
The application period for States and Territories has closed.
Eligible Recipients:
- Native/Tribal Entity
- State Government
Program Purpose:
- Energy Infrastructure
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Overview
The objective of this Program is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events. Per BIL section 40101(a)(1),17 a disruptive event is “an event in which operations of the electric grid are disrupted, preventively shut off, or cannot operate safely due to extreme weather, wildfire, or a natural disaster.” To achieve this objective, funding provided by DOE under this Program may be used to implement a wide range of resilience measures intended to mitigate the impact of disruptive events, including:
a) weatherization technologies and equipment;
b) fire-resistant technologies and fire prevention systems;
c) monitoring and control technologies;
d) the undergrounding of electrical equipment;
e) utility pole management;
f) the relocation of power lines or the reconductoring of power lines with low-sag, advanced conductors;
g) vegetation and fuel-load management;
h) the use or construction of distributed energy resources for enhancing system adaptive capacity during disruptive events, including: microgrids and battery-storage subcomponents;
i) adaptive protection technologies;
j) advanced modeling technologies;
k) hardening of power lines, facilities, substations, of other systems; and
l) the replacement of old overhead conductors and underground cables.
Related Resources
Additional information is available on the Resources page.Funding Details
Funding Source:
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
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Contact Information
Sheldon Funk, Sheldon.Funk@netl.doe.gov