National Grid to utilize $50M fed funding for grid resiliency

ALBANY | National Grid will receive $49,642,758 through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program to supercharge the implementation of clean energy and boost the resiliency of Upstate New York's and Massachusetts' power grid. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the announcement Oct. 19, saying this significant federal investment is powered by the funds secured in the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law and will help communities across New York implement new digital technology to improve electric system resilience, reliability, improving control over electric systems, and help incorporate more clean energy into Upstate New York's power grid. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law is about to supercharge National Grid's efforts to modernize our electric infrastructure, helping integrate more clean energy, and making our power grid more resilient," said Sen. Schumer. "When I led the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law to passage, it was the win-win-win of life-saving investments in grid resilience, creating good paying jobs, and that promoting clean energy that I had top of mind." "We're excited to deliver The Future Grid Project to deploy innovative technology solutions for our New York customers," said Rudy Wynter, President of National Grid, New York. "This project will not only ensure improved reliability and resilience to our grid, it will enable the connection of more solar and battery storage resources. It will create good-paying clean energy jobs, while also helping to meet our state's decarbonization goals. We appreciate this federal support on top of National Grid's investment, creating a true private-public partnership that will benefit our customers." Schumer explained that National Grid's proposal, officially called "The Future Grid Project," will use $140 million to implement innovative new technology to provide better grid monitoring and control, improving resiliency and allowing for new clean energy technology across the power grid in Upstate New York and Massachusetts. The nearly $50 million federal investment will be complemented by a $90 million investment by National Grid. Specifically, The Future Grid project will improve visibility of the electric distribution system to grid operators to help quickly rebalance the system with autonomous controls through data analytics, software, and sensors; enhance interoperability and data architecture of the systems that support two-way flow of both electric power and localized analytics; and aggregate and integrate distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar and energy storage. These investments will promote greater integration of clean energy and grid-enhancing technologies that will benefit ratepayers and disadvantaged communities across New York and Massachusetts. The project will also allow National Grid to build on existing workforce development partnerships with $4 million dedicated for community benefit initiatives, including STEM-focused workforce development programs at places like Hudson Valley Community College, Northland Workforce Training Center, and SUNY Syracuse EOC. More information can be found here. Established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office is administering a $10.5 billion investment via the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program to enhance grid flexibility, improve the resilience of the power system against growing threats of extreme weather and climate change, and ensure American communities have access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity when and where they need it. These programs will accelerate the deployment of transformative projects that will help to ensure the reliability of the power sector's infrastructure, so all American communities have access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity anytime, anywhere.

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