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DEGD0000967

Cooperative Agreement

Overview

Grant Description
The project team will plan and implement three front-of-meter community microgrids that will be owned and operated by federally recognized tribes.

The existing behind-the-meter community microgrid, owned and operated by BLR, will be expanded to interconnect three existing facility-scale microgrids that are geographically distributed across the reservation inside their main campus microgrid in a nested configuration.
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (DE-FOA-0003195) 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.
Place of Performance
Eureka, California 95501-0417 United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Redwood Coast Energy Authority was awarded Community Microgrid Expansion for Federally Recognized Tribes Cooperative Agreement DEGD0000967 worth $87,629,455 from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Eureka California United States. The grant has a duration of 5 years and was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience. $88,971,068 (50.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources. The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships (GRIP).

Status
(Ongoing)

Last Modified 1/7/25

Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/29
End Date
13.0% Complete

Funding Split
$87.6M
Federal Obligation
$89.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$176.6M
Total Obligated
50.0% Federal Funding
50.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

Interactive chart of timeline of amendments to DEGD0000967

Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000967
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Other
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
Y5CLGKM82VL1
Awardee CAGE
5TCU6
Performance District
CA-02
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 1/7/25