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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is helping modernize our nation’s electric grid to be more resilient against extreme weather, prevent outages, and strengthen the infrastructure that powers your communities and businesses. 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In the background, the sun is setting in shades of yellow and gold against a cloudy light blue sky." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> <div class="collection-item__icon"> <div class="fontawesome-icon"> <i class="fas fa-lightbulb" data-fa-transform="" data-fa-mask="" style=""></i> </div> </div> <div class="collection-item__title title-sm"> <a class="collection-item__link" href="/gdo/grid-resilience-statetribal-formula-grants-program"> <span property="schema:name" class="field field--string field--title">Grid Resilience State/Tribal Formula Grants Program</span> </a> </div> <div class="collection-item__summary"> <div class="field field--basic_string field--field_summary field field--name-field-summary field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">A grant program to strengthen and modernize America's power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters.</div> </div> <div class="collection-item__button"> <a class="collection-item__link usa-button usa-button--outline" href="/gdo/grid-resilience-statetribal-formula-grants-program"> Learn More <span class="usa-sr-only">about <span property="schema:name" class="field field--string field--title">Grid Resilience State/Tribal Formula Grants Program</span> </span> </a> </div> <div class="collection-item__date p2"> January 16, 2025 </div> </div> </article> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="layout blade-section--fullwidth blade-section--blue blade-section blade-section--text--white" id="content-block"> <div class="blade-color " > <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-row"> <div class="grid-col"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocktemplate"> <div class="field field--entity_reference_revisions_entity_view field--field_paragraph_reference field field--name-field-paragraph-reference field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--two-column-image-and-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class=" tablet:grid-col-4 tablet:order-first "> <p class="title-2xl force-fullwidth--tablet">Grid Resilience and Modernization</p> </div> <div class=" tablet:grid-col-8 tablet:order-1"> <div class="field field--text_default field--field_card_text field field--name-field-card-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Grid Deployment Office’s (GDO) <a href="/gdo/grid-modernization-division">Grid Modernization Division</a> oversees activities that prevent outages and enhance the resilience of the electric grid by upgrading poles and wires with stronger materials that can withstand extreme weather impacts. The grid modernization programs aim to: </p><ul><li>Prevent outages, help utilities restore power faster, and protect infrastructure from hazards and extreme weather.</li><li>Support state, Tribal, territory, and local stakeholder engagement with the electric grid and grid operators. </li><li>Deploying upgraded transmission technologies</li></ul><p>The Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) manages the State Energy Program (SEP) that emphasizes the state's role as the decision-maker and administrator for program activities tailored to their unique resources, delivery capacity, and energy goals. This program is helping enhance energy security and resiliency, promote economic growth, improve environmental quality, and increase energy affordability and efficiency. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, SEP requires transmission and distribution (T&D) planning and State Energy Security Plan Technical Assistance (SESP). <br> <br><strong>Transmission and Distribution Planning:</strong> States must complete a transmission and distribution plan that meets the mandatory conduct of activities to support planning, which includes: </p><ul><li>Support for local governments and Indian Tribes. </li><li>Feasibility studies for transmission line routes and alternatives. </li><li>Preparation of necessary project design and permits. </li><li>Outreach to affected stakeholders. SEP Direct Technical Assistance and cohort-based support is available to states for T&D planning. </li></ul><p><strong>State Energy Security Plan Technical Assistance:</strong> State Energy Offices must submit a <a href="/ceser/state-energy-security-plan-sesp-resources">State Energy Security Plan</a> to receive federal funding. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is supporting the Office of <a href="/ceser/office-cybersecurity-energy-security-and-emergency-response">Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response</a> (CESER) to develop resources and provide states with technical assistance. These optional resources are intended to assist states in the development, implementation, and revision of plans. Technical assistance includes, but is not limited to, convening state cohorts arranged around elements, supporting capacity building and peer exchange, direct assistance via office hours, and providing guides, toolkits, and templates. </p><p>From 2010 through 2024, DOE's <a href="/indianenergy/office-indian-energy-policy-and-programs">Office of Indian Energy</a> has invested over $190 million in more than 240 Tribal energy projects, increasing energy resilience against extreme weather and transmission outages through local clean energy generation, storage, and microgrid projects. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="layout blade-section--fullwidth blade-section--gray--light blade-section" id="person"> <div class="blade-color " > <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-row"> <div > </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="layout blade-section--fullwidth blade-section--default blade-section" 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