DEGD0000889
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Transmission, Distribution, and Communications Resiliency Initiative
As a predominantly rural electric cooperative that operates on a non-profit basis, the recipient is focused entirely on meeting the needs of its customer-members and the communities that it serves by delivering safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity and related services.
Access to federal funding through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program will enable the recipient to complete several transformative programs and projects in Southern Maryland that will improve electric service reliability for all customers and covered communities and reduce impacts to the power system due to extreme weather conditions.
As a predominantly rural electric cooperative that operates on a non-profit basis, the recipient is focused entirely on meeting the needs of its customer-members and the communities that it serves by delivering safe, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity and related services.
Access to federal funding through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program will enable the recipient to complete several transformative programs and projects in Southern Maryland that will improve electric service reliability for all customers and covered communities and reduce impacts to the power system due to extreme weather conditions.
Funding Goals
THE GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE OF CLEAN ENERGY DEMONSTRATIONS, IS ISSUING THIS FOA. AWARDS MADE UNDER THIS FOA WILL BE FUNDED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, ALSO MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW OR BIL. THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED UNDER THIS FOA SUPPORT THREE BIL SECTIONS INCLUDING SECTION 40101(C): GRID RESILIENCE GRANTS, SECTION 40107: SMART GRID GRANTS, AND SECTION 40103(B): GRID INNOVATION PROGRAM. TOGETHER DOE REFERS TO THESE PROGRAMS AS THE GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS OR GRIP PROGRAM.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Hughesville,
Maryland
20637-1937
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative was awarded
BIL Resiliency Initiative Boosts Southern MarylElectric Service Reliability
Project Grant DEGD0000889
worth $32,485,154
from the Department of Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Hughesville Maryland United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.
$16,750,000 (34.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity BIL Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships ( GRIP).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 9/30/24
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
9/30/29
End Date
Funding Split
$32.5M
Federal Obligation
$16.8M
Non-Federal Obligation
$49.2M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000889
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Regional Organization
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
ZY5SBCM43FN3
Awardee CAGE
0CF09
Performance District
MD-05
Senators
Benjamin Cardin
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
Modified: 9/30/24