DEGD0000979
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
This project will develop public facilities at Cochise Lake, winter home of the Sandhill Cranes, shore birds, and hundreds of wildlife species.
The project is the next step in the city’s long-standing efforts to ensure the preservation of the wetland areas and enhance the visitor experience as a means of boosting the local economy.
The project is the next step in the city’s long-standing efforts to ensure the preservation of the wetland areas and enhance the visitor experience as a means of boosting the local economy.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO ENSURE THE TIMELY SITING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OR UPGRADED INTERSTATE OR OFFSHORE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITIES WHILE PROVIDING ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE AND STRENGTHEN SITING AND PERMITTING ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL SITING AND PERMITTING AUTHORITIES, THIS PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT EFFORTS TO STANDARDIZE AND STREAMLINE SITING AND PERMITTING PROCESSES, COORDINATE ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, AND CARRY OUT ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AMONG OTHER THINGS. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF INTERSTATE OR OFFSHORE TRANSMISSION LINES, INCLUDING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES, THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE FUNDS TO SITING AUTHORITIES OR OTHER TYPES OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE BENEFITS TARGETED TO THE NEEDS OF IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Willcox,
Arizona
85643-2198
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
City Of Wiox was awarded
Enhancing Cochise Lake: Preserving Wetlands and Boosting Local Economy
Cooperative Agreement DEGD0000979
worth $10,708,054
from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Willcox Arizona United States.
The grant
has a duration of 6 years 8 months and
was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.
$600,000 (5.0%) of this Cooperative Agreement was funded by non-federal sources.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Inflation Reduction Act - Transmission Siting and Economic Development Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/7/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
9/30/31
End Date
Funding Split
$10.7M
Federal Obligation
$600.0K
Non-Federal Obligation
$11.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000979
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
YT2CGQQEMVJ9
Awardee CAGE
5JPE7
Performance District
AZ-06
Senators
Kyrsten Sinema
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
Modified: 1/7/25