The Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center (“MassCEC”) seeks applications for subawards from the funding opportunity: Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid – Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Clean Energy Technology Center (MassCEC)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/04/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5-10 Years
Details:
MassCEC has defined the following Program objectives and Program implementation strategy:
- Objective 1: Identify and fund projects that can improve energy reliability and resilience, reducing the cost and number of outages for communities and underserved populations, including environmental justice communities (“EJCs”)7 and disadvantaged communities (“DACs”).
- Objective 2: Support clean energy and decarbonization solutions, including building electrification.
- Objective 3: Advance the Commonwealth’s equity, environmental justice, and energy justice priorities, sharing the benefits of the Program equitably and in line with the Justice40 Initiative.
- Objective 4: Create good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union.
Funding Information
Total Funding Currently Available: $9,209,845.
Project Period
Awards may be extended to span the amount of time necessary for recipients to complete all subaward project efforts, for up to ten (10) years.
Eligible Projects
- Weatherization technologies and equipment;
- Fire-resistant technologies and fire prevention systems;
- Monitoring and control technologies;
- Undergrounding of electrical equipment;
- Utility pole management;
- Relocation of power lines or the reconductoring of power lines with low-sag, advanced conductors;
- Vegetation and fuel-load management;
- Use or construction of distributed energy resources (DERs) for enhancing system adaptive capacity during disruptive events, including:
- microgrids; and
- battery-storage subcomponents
- Adaptive protection technologies;
- Advanced modeling technologies;
- Hardening of power lines, facilities, substations, or other systems; and
- Replacement of old overhead conductors and underground cables.
- All projects must be approved by DOE before subawards are granted
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Subawardees:
- Electric grid operators;
- Electricity storage operators;
- Electricity generators;
- Transmission owners or operators;
- Distribution providers;
- Fuel suppliers; and
- Any other relevant entity, as determined by the Secretary of DOE;
For more information, visit MassCEC.
