DECD0000071
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Provide power generation capabilities to rural or remote community health centers (CHCs) to serve as backup power during grid power outages to help ensure continuous health services
and/or to reduce CHCs power consumption from the grid and hence reducing its energy burden.
and/or to reduce CHCs power consumption from the grid and hence reducing its energy burden.
Funding Goals
1. CHC SOLAR+STORAGE MICROGRIDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. FINANCE, DESIGN, INSTALL, COMMISSION,
AND OPERATE SOLAR+STORAGE MICROGRID SYSTEMS AT APPROXIMATELY 125 RURAL OR REMOTE CHCS. EACH
SOLAR+STORAGE MICROGRID SYSTEM MAY CONSIST OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
(BESS), AND AN INTEGRATED MICROGRID
CONTROLLER THAT WILL MANAGE THE CHC’S POWER SOURCE AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH THE SOURCE TO THE
BESS IF GRID POWER IS LOST.
2. COMMUNITY BENEFITS. PROVIDE BACKUP POWER TO THE HEALTH SERVICES DURING GRID POWER OUTAGES,
INCREASE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR HEALTH CENTERS IN THE FORM OF AVOIDED LOSSES AND DECREASED UTILITY
COSTS, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ENERGY BURDEN, DEVELOP A WORKFORCE FOR SOLAR+STORAGE
MICROGRID SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS, AND/OR PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS WORKFORCE WITHIN
THE PROJECT.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Tunica,
Mississippi
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
National Association Of Community Health Centers was awarded
Cooperative Agreement DECD0000071
worth $57,007,365
from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Tunica Mississippi United States.
The grant
has a duration of 7 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.255 Clean Energy Demonstrations.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/4/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/31
End Date
Funding Split
$57.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$57.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for DECD0000071
Transaction History
Modifications to DECD0000071
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DECD0000071
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892436 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS (OCED)
Funding Office
892410 OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATION
Awardee UEI
J7UGLALV8FJ5
Awardee CAGE
3YZS1
Performance District
MS-02
Senators
Roger Wicker
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Modified: 8/4/25