Managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office and supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants provide non-competitive funding to states (including U.S. Territories) and Indian tribes to improve the resilience of their electric grids. Administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory and falling under BIL provision 40101(d), the program is designed to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters that are exacerbated by the climate crisis.

The program will distribute funding to states, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes, including Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Alaska Native Village Corporations, over five years based on a formula that includes factors such as population size, land area, probability and severity of disruptive events, and a locality’s historical expenditures on mitigation efforts. The states, territories, and Indian tribes will then award these funds to a diverse set of projects, with priority given to efforts that generate the greatest community benefit providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy.

The application period will open with the issuance of an amended Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) providing instructions for FY24 grant allocation requests. Supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and administered by the Grid Deployment Office (GDO), these grants help modernize the electric grid to reduce the impacts of climate-driven extreme weather and natural disasters while also ensuring the reliability of the power sector. As of December 2023, DOE has awarded a total of more than $750 million in FY22/23 grants to participating states and tribal entities, providing clean electricity, decreasing energy costs, and keeping the lights on for millions of Americans across the country.

The process of requesting FY24 allocations will vary depending on an applicant’s current status in the program.

• Existing Grant Recipients that have already received grants for FY22/23 will have 90 days from the issuance of the ALRD amendment to request FY24 allocations.
• Current Grant Applicants that previously submitted a grant application for FY22/23 but have not yet received their grant at the time the ALRD amendment is issued, will have 90 days to amend their previously submitted grant application to include the FY24 allocations.
• Eligible Applicants that did not submit a grant application for FY22/23 will have 90 days from the issuance of the ALRD amendment to submit a grant application for FY24 allocations. Several one-time actions must be completed before an application can be submitted and these actions can be initiated prior to ALRD issuance. Applicants are encouraged to address these items as soon as possible, as some may take several weeks to complete.

Over the next three years, the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants will distribute an additional $1.4 billion to states, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes, including Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Alaska Native Village Corporations, based on a formula that includes factors such as population size, land area, probability and severity of disruptive events, and a locality’s historical expenditures on mitigation efforts. The states, territories, and Indian tribes will then award these funds to eligible entities to complete a diverse set of projects, with priority given to efforts that generate the greatest community benefit while providing clean, affordable, and reliable energy.