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DEGD0000908

Project Grant

Overview

Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Optimizing interregional transfer capacity using advanced power flow control.

This project is a partnership between the recipient and a host transmission utility, to install an automatic power factor controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a phase shifting transformer (PST) across a regional border.
Awardee
Electric Power Research Institute
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (DE-FOA-0002740) SUPPORTS THE GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS (GRIP) PROGRAM AND SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING THREATS TO OUR POWER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE; SPECIFICALLY, TO PREVENT OUTAGES AND ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID, DEPLOY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE GRID FLEXIBILITY, AND DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO POWER SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY.
Grant Program (CFDA)
81.254 - Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience
Awarding Agency
National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) [DOE]
Funding Agency
Department of Energy (DOE)
Place of Performance
Palo Alto, California 94304-1355 United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
BIL Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships ( GRIP) (DE-FOA-0002740)
Electric Power Research Institute was awarded Enhancing Interregional Transfer Capacity with SmartValve APFC Device Project Grant DEGD0000908 worth $18,017,358 from the Department of Energy in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Palo Alto California United States. The grant has a duration of 5 years and was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience. $18,017,358 (50.0%) 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
23.0% Complete

Funding Split
$18.0M
Federal Obligation
$18.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$36.0M
Total Obligated
50.0% Federal Funding
50.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

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Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000908
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
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
JBV2SMLRBK29
Awardee CAGE
2S900
Performance District
CA-16
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 9/30/24