Grid Resilience Grant Program

The Grid Resilience Grant Program is connected to the Section 40101(d) Formula Grant Program authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Under this federal initiative, the U.S. Department of Energy provided grants to states, U.S. territories, and Indian Tribes for activities intended to improve the resilience of electric grids. States and Indian Tribes may further allocate these funds to eligible entities as defined under Section 40101(d). The provided program information describes the opportunity as a way to advance the capabilities of states, Indian Tribes, and their communities to address current and future electric-grid resilience needs. The application period for the presented Grid Resilience Grant Program is now closed. Eligible entities identified by the program include electric grid operators, electricity storage operators, electricity generators, transmission owners or operators, distribution providers, and fuel suppliers. The source defines eligibility by the entity's role in the electricity or fuel system rather than by conventional organizational classifications such as nonprofit, government, or for-profit status. No additional organizational qualifications, minimum operating history, size requirements, or other applicant qualifications are stated in the provided information. The program identifies a broad set of eligible resilience measures. These include weatherization technologies and equipment; fire-resistant technologies and fire prevention systems; monitoring and control technologies; undergrounding electrical equipment; utility pole management; relocating power lines; and reconductoring power lines using low-sag, advanced conductors. Other eligible activities include vegetation and fuel-load management, adaptive protection technologies, advanced modeling technologies, and hardening power lines, facilities, substations, and other systems. Replacing old overhead conductors and underground cables is also an eligible measure. Distributed energy resources may be constructed when they enhance a system's adaptive capacity during disruptive events, including microgrids and battery-storage subcomponents. The program also expressly identifies activities that are not allowable resilience measures. Funds may not be used to construct a new electric generating facility or install generators. Large-scale battery-storage facilities are not allowed when they are not used to enhance a system's adaptive capacity during disruptive events. Cybersecurity is also identified as an ineligible resilience measure. These restrictions distinguish qualifying grid-resilience investments from new generation, general large-scale storage, and cybersecurity projects. The provided information does not state an award floor, award ceiling, total program funding amount, expected number of awards, required cost-share percentage, or other matching requirement for this particular grant opportunity. It also does not provide a period of performance or describe funding tiers. No evaluation criteria, scoring methodology, required application questions, required attachments, or award-notification schedule are included in the supplied material. Accordingly, those details cannot be established from the source without introducing information that is not provided. Applications were made available through the Grid Resilience Grant Program application link hosted through Quickbase at georgiaenvironmentalfinance.authority.quickbase.com. The source currently states that the application period is closed and does not provide an application opening date, closing date, pre-application deadline, letter of intent requirement, or other dated submission milestone. It also does not state that the opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring schedule. No next application cycle can therefore be calculated from the supplied information. A primary telephone contact of (404) 584-1000 is provided. No individual grant contact, email address, or direct PDF solicitation link is included in the source.

Ensure the proposed project fits an expressly eligible resilience measure and does not involve a prohibited activity. For distributed energy resources or battery-storage components, establish that the measure enhances the system's adaptive capacity during disruptive events.