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FY 2024 Grid Resilience Grant Program Funding Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved Santee Cooper’s request (on behalf of the State) for fiscal year 2024 funding of our Grid Resilience Grant program. This program was previously funded for 2022-2023 at a combined $10.4 million, with Santee Cooper contributing an additional $1.56 million. Seventeen projects from electric cooperatives, municipal and other utilities around the state were approved by the DOE and are being supported with this funding. The approved 2024 funding is $5.5 million, plus an additional 15% from Santee Cooper. 

Santee Cooper is pleased to serve as the state entity within South Carolina to administer the formula grant provided for South Carolina grid resilience under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40101(d). The BIL grant program is expected to provide funding for five years. Santee Cooper has established the South Carolina Grid Resilience Grant Program (GRG) to distribute these funds to projects that improve the resilience of the electric grid and help prevent or mitigate such natural hazard disruptions. 

Next Steps

The Request for Proposals (RFP) and forms for the FY 2024 Grid Resilience Grant Program cycle have been created. Below is the timeline* for the RFP process. All eligible entities are invited to apply. One Information Session and two RFP review and Q&A sessions will be held. All sessions will be recorded and posted on the webpage. 

August September December
29 30 10 12 27 2 9
Information Session for all eligible entities 2-3p.m.  Post FY 2024 RFP on website Questions for Sept.12 RFP review and Q&A session due RFP review and Q&A session 11a.m.-12p.m. RFP response due by 5p.m. EST Final Project Selection (tentative)* Send final project selection to DOE (tentative)*
RFP review and Q&A session (recorded) *Timeline may change. Please check webpage frequently.
Eligible entities as defined in BIL Section 40101(a)(2) include the following:
  • Electric grid operator
  • Electricity storage operator
  • Electricity generator
  • Transmission owner or operator
  • Distribution provider
  • Fuel supplier
  • Any other relevant entity, as determined by the Secretary (of DOE).

Documents

FY 2024 GRG Program Documents

Reference Documents
ALRD 9th Amend – BIL 40101(d) W-9 Form
Program Narrative ACH Form
Request for Proposal (RFP) GRG Reimbursement Form
Form 1 – Resilience Project & Subaward Notification Form Project Management Plan and Quarterly Report
Form 2 – Secretarial Eligible Entity Designation Form Project Management Plan and Quarterly Report Instructions
Form 3 – Environmental Questionnaire (NEPA) Annual Program Metrics/Impact Report
Form 4 – SF-424 Budget Justification Workbook Annual Program Metrics/Impact Report Instructions
Form 5 – Cost Match Commitment letter Grid Resilience Grant Program Sub-Awardee Education Presentation
Form 6 – Appendix A-Performance Metrics to Evaluate Utility Resilience Investments Santee Cooper Announces 1st Round of GRG Awards
Form 7 – Acknowledgement of Federal funds governed by DE-FOA-0002736-certification statement
Form 8 – SF-LLL: Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable)
Appendix A-Instructions
FY24 GRG Funding Pre-bid Presentation
FY24 GRG RFP Document Review and Q&A Presentation
Aug. 29 Information Session Q&As


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    Questions and More Information

    Should you have general questions about the application process or require more information, please email us at gridresiliencegrant@santeecooper.com. We will aim to respond within 48 hours. Thank you.