DEGD0000984
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - New Jersey Offshore Wind Transmission Communities Project.
Implement community prioritized capital projects through a democratic, participatory budgeting process across offshore wind (OSW) transmission communities,
provide workforce development training programs that lead to fulfilling career opportunities in the transmission sector,
and develop public-use trails along transmission corridors.
Implement community prioritized capital projects through a democratic, participatory budgeting process across offshore wind (OSW) transmission communities,
provide workforce development training programs that lead to fulfilling career opportunities in the transmission sector,
and develop public-use trails along transmission corridors.
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
Trenton,
New Jersey
08606-1213
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Economic Development Authority, New Jersey was awarded
New Jersey Offshore Wind Community Development Grant
Cooperative Agreement DEGD0000984
worth $50,000,000
from the Department of Energy in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Trenton New Jersey 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.
$2,500,000 (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 5/21/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
9/30/31
End Date
Funding Split
$50.0M
Federal Obligation
$2.5M
Non-Federal Obligation
$52.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to DEGD0000984
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000984
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
CKC5CGLKMCK5
Awardee CAGE
5V2F0
Performance District
NJ-12
Senators
Robert Menendez
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
Modified: 5/21/25