DEGD0000898
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Project Reform: Resiliency Enhancement for Fire Mitigation and Operational Risk Management
The Resiliency Enhancement Fire Mitigation and Operational Risk Management (REFORM) project will implement a holistic technological ecosystem integrating a diverse set of innovative, scalable smart grid technologies with a unified objective of enhancing situational awareness to reduce or mitigate wildfire occurrences and improve grid reliability, flexibility, and resiliency.
The project will integrate advanced relays, Distribution Resilience Controller (DRC) lab proof of concept, communicating faulted circuit indicators (CFCI) to analyze real-time system health using disturbance and fault data fed into a CFCI sensor workflow management system, and to enhance situational awareness through advanced weather forecasting models and Wildfire Detection Network (WDN) AI-enabled cameras.
The project will demonstrate reliability metrics improvement, a reduction in public impacts from Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) due to wildfire events, and improvement in overall wildfire risk management.
The Resiliency Enhancement Fire Mitigation and Operational Risk Management (REFORM) project will implement a holistic technological ecosystem integrating a diverse set of innovative, scalable smart grid technologies with a unified objective of enhancing situational awareness to reduce or mitigate wildfire occurrences and improve grid reliability, flexibility, and resiliency.
The project will integrate advanced relays, Distribution Resilience Controller (DRC) lab proof of concept, communicating faulted circuit indicators (CFCI) to analyze real-time system health using disturbance and fault data fed into a CFCI sensor workflow management system, and to enhance situational awareness through advanced weather forecasting models and Wildfire Detection Network (WDN) AI-enabled cameras.
The project will demonstrate reliability metrics improvement, a reduction in public impacts from Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) due to wildfire events, and improvement in overall wildfire risk management.
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
Salt Lake City,
Utah
84116-3187
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Pacifi was awarded
Resiliency Enhancement Fire Mitigation: Innovative Smart Grid Technologies
Project Grant DEGD0000898
worth $49,951,103
from the Department of Energy in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Salt Lake City Utah United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 81.254 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience.
$73,606,409 (60.0%) 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 9/30/24
Period of Performance
9/30/24
Start Date
9/29/29
End Date
Funding Split
$50.0M
Federal Obligation
$73.6M
Non-Federal Obligation
$123.6M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
DEGD0000898
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
For-Profit Organization (Other Than Small Business)
Awarding Office
892433 NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Funding Office
892411 GRID DEPLOYMENT OFFICE (GDO)
Awardee UEI
KCTLQ9KTA2N8
Awardee CAGE
48457
Performance District
UT-02
Senators
Mike Lee
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Modified: 9/30/24