Enhancing State
Government Energy Assurance
Capabilities and Planning For Smart
Grid Resiliency Grant
Issued by DOE:
June 15, 2009
Application Deadline:
3:00 PM
Eastern time, July 30, 2009
Performance Period:
Within 3
years of award
Grant Awards to be
made: Between
September 15 and October 30, 2009
Funding in the amount of $39.5
million is available nationally for
state to improve emergency preparedness
plans and ensure grid resiliency on a
regional basis, including staff training
on smart grid technology integration,
interdependencies, and cyber-security. Table
1 shows the allocations by State.
The funds focus on developing new, or
refining existing, plans to integrate
new energy portfolios (renewables,
biofuels, etc) and new applications,
such as Smart Grid technology, into
energy assurance and emergency
preparedness plans. Better planning
efforts will help contribute to the
resiliency of the energy sector,
including the electricity grid, by
focusing on the entire energy supply
system, which includes refining,
storage, and distribution of fossil and
renewable fuels.
Comments and questions regarding the
Guidelines are welcome and can be sent
to
energyassurance@naseo.org.
The Funding Opportunity Announcement
can also be found on
FedConnect. Search under Public
Opportunities using the drop down menu
for the reference number and insert
DE-FOA-0000091. Any revisions to the FOA will be posted on
FedConnect.
Questions regarding the content of
the FOA must be submitted through the
FedConnect portal. You must register
with
FedConnect to respond as an
interested party to submit questions and
to view responses to questions. It is
recommended that you register as soon
after release of the FOA as possible to
have the benefit of all responses. More
information is available
here.
DOE will try to respond to a question
within 3 business days, unless a similar
question and answer have already been
posted on the website. For this FOA, no
response will be provided for questions
received after July 26, 2009.
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FedConnect and the FOA are the
official sources for guidance and any
questions that may be raised. NASEO has
in prepared the following information to
assist states in preparing their
applications.
Energy Assurance Guidelines have also
been prepared by the National Governor’s
Association, and the Public Technologies
Institute for local government. Each of
these has been designed to provide a
complementary and coordinated approach
to the State Energy Assurance Guidelines
and for your reference can be found at:
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