Grid Resilience Project Funding
Hawaii State Energy Office
Who can apply
Government
About this opportunity
HSEO has been designated as the sole entity for the state of Hawaiʻi to apply for, receive, and distribute the annual $3 million formula funds for the next five years for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid. GRID RESILIENCE FUNDING tO MODERNIZE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Under the U.S. Department of Energy, a total of $2.5 billion in formula funds and $2.5 billion in competitive funds are available for building resiliency in Hawaiʻi’s electric grid. The goals of this funding are: Demonstrate measurable improvements in energy resilience to all hazards and mitigate climate-related risk Invest in modernized grid infrastructure that can enable the consumer access to lower-cost energy and accommodate increased electrification, increased penetrations of variable renew...