DEGD0000885
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN)
The WARN Consortium project will improve the resilience of the partner cooperatives’ electric distribution grids by reducing the risk of utility-ignited wildfires and hardening these grids against wildfires of all causes.
Grid resilience will be improved through the strategic deployment of both well-known methods and advanced technologies for grid hardening, grid operations, and condition-based maintenance.
These grid deployments will be guided by the development and use of the WARN Assessment Tool.
The WARN Tool will assess the value of resilience upgrades by estimating the expected value of avoided loss of property, natural resources, grid assets, and stakeholder-identified cultural and community resources from utility-ignited wildfires.
WARN will use state-of-the-art wildfire ignition and propagation modeling using grid data, terrain data, and historical weather data.
The assessment capability provided by WARN and tested on the WARN Consortium electric grids will enable cooperatives to better understand the value of resilient grid upgrades and justify investment in them.
The knowledge and expertise gained by the WARN Consortium will be disseminated by making the WARN Assessment Tool available throughout the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) cooperative community and training cooperative personnel in its use.
The WARN Consortium project will improve the resilience of the partner cooperatives’ electric distribution grids by reducing the risk of utility-ignited wildfires and hardening these grids against wildfires of all causes.
Grid resilience will be improved through the strategic deployment of both well-known methods and advanced technologies for grid hardening, grid operations, and condition-based maintenance.
These grid deployments will be guided by the development and use of the WARN Assessment Tool.
The WARN Tool will assess the value of resilience upgrades by estimating the expected value of avoided loss of property, natural resources, grid assets, and stakeholder-identified cultural and community resources from utility-ignited wildfires.
WARN will use state-of-the-art wildfire ignition and propagation modeling using grid data, terrain data, and historical weather data.
The assessment capability provided by WARN and tested on the WARN Consortium electric grids will enable cooperatives to better understand the value of resilient grid upgrades and justify investment in them.
The knowledge and expertise gained by the WARN Consortium will be disseminated by making the WARN Assessment Tool available throughout the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) cooperative community and training cooperative personnel in its use.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (DE-FOA-0002740) SUPPORTS THE GRID RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS (GRIP) PROGRAM AND SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING THREATS TO OUR POWER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE; SPECIFICALLY, TO PREVENT OUTAGES AND ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE OF THE ELECTRIC GRID, DEPLOY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE GRID FLEXIBILITY, AND DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO POWER SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Glenwood Springs,
Colorado
81601-9309
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Holy Cross Electric Association was awarded
Wildfire Resilience Enhancement Electric Grids: WARN Consortium Project
Project Grant DEGD0000885
worth $99,328,430
from the Department of Energy in August 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Glenwood Springs Colorado United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.
$45,978,817 (32.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity BIL Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships ( GRIP).
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/27/24
Period of Performance
8/21/24
Start Date
8/20/29
End Date
Funding Split
$99.3M
Federal Obligation
$46.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$145.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000885
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit Without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
JLYWB5VXQX85
Awardee CAGE
4QVW3
Performance District
CO-03
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
Modified: 8/27/24