Grid Resilience Grant Program

Grid Resilience Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE). This program provides formula grants to states through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to improve electric grid resilience.

Energy : Grid Resilience Grant Program : Incentives : State of Oregon Translate this site into other Languages tag, as divs are not allowed in 's --> Grid Resilience Grant Program The U.S. DOE's Grid Resilience Grant Program is a formula award made available to Oregon through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Opportunity Announcement 25-079 was posted on October 7, 2025, announcing $11.

5 million available to Oregon electric utilities for grid resilience projects. Applications were due January 30, 2026 at 3 p. m.

Date (approximate and subject to change) Online Office Hours on Tuesdays During Open Period | 2:30-3 p. m. Applications Due/Portal Closed January 30, 2026 at 3 p.

m. PT Selection Review Start February 23, 2026 Project Selection Notification Assemble Project Details Package U.S. DOE Approval Review Start Utilities will be notified after approval from U.S. DOE ODOE submitted the initial application for this funding to U.S. DOE in April 2023. The program narrative, approved by the U.S. DOE, can be Opportunity Announcement 25-079 opened a $11.

5 million funding opportunity for a Grid Resilience Grant Program in October 2025. The program is funded by a state formula grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40101, titled Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid. ODOE received 14 applications requesting over $21 million in funds – nearly double the $11.

5 million offered in the grant round. The nine selected utilities have agreed to proceed with the full application, which will be reviewed and confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy before receiving an official grant award. The proposed projects are listed in the May 26, 2026, press release here .

Opportunity Announcement 24-001 opened a $18. 9 million funding opportunity for a Grid Resilience Grant Program in March ODOE received 13 grant applications from electric utilities throughout the state and continues to work with those utilities to present project details and documentation to the U.S. Department of Energy for review and approval.

Upon approval from the U.S. DOE, ODOE and the utilities may enter into grant performance agreements that will allow the utilities to proceed with their projects and receive grant funding. As of December 2025, eight Grid Resilience projects have been approved by the U.S. DOE and have entered into signed performance agreements with ODOE.

Awardees will now move into planning, preparing, and starting their projects: Columbia Power Cooperative Association | $1,329,329 Columbia Power Cooperative Association is planning hazard mitigation in Grant and Wheeler Counties through vegetation management for 700 miles, fuse upgrades, and pole replacements.

The installation of sensors and controllers and other equipment and technology upgrades are included to reduce outage response times. Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative | $1,128,388 Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative is planning to underground 2. 2 miles of overhead lines in Coos County to reduce natural hazard disruptions and fire risk.

Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative | $700,097 Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative is planning to underground 10 miles of lines in three areas of Gilliam County to reduce fire risk and natural hazard disruptions.

City of Forest Grove | $438,190 The City of Forest Grove Electric Utility is planning to underground 3,500 feet of primary distribution line in a forested area of Washington County to reduce natural hazard disruptions and fire risk. Columbia River People's Utility District | $377,402 Columbia River PUD is planning to underground 1,500 feet of the main feeder line to the area water filtration facility in Columbia County.

The line is in a wooded area and undergrounding this line will reduce fire risk, outages, and related use of a diesel generator at a critical public resource. Midstate Electric Cooperative | $836,374 Midstate Electric Cooperative is planning to implement Odell Butte Overhead to Underground project to remove 72 poles and approximately 3. 95 miles of overhead electrical conductor.

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative | $392,366 Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is planning the installation of automatic circuit reclosers integrated with a Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, fuse banks and related software and equipment.

The equipment will be located throughout their service territory area to reduce the frequency and duration of outages and wildfire Umatilla Electric Cooperative | $1,483,494 Umatilla Electric Cooperative is planning to underground 4. 55 miles of distribution line in three areas to reduce fire risk and natural hazard disruptions.

Pacific Power | $4,101,365 Pacific Power is planning to enhance wildfire resilience in Josephine County, Oregon, by reconductoring 12. 54 miles of distribution lines with covered conductor and replacing 311 existing wood poles with fire-resistant composite or steel alternatives, along with all associated equipment and supplies.

ODOE will continue to update the list of successful applicants once approved by the U.S. DOE and entered into performance agreements. Applicants include cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, and people's utility districts. The 13 applications ODOE received represent ratepayers in 17 counties and requested almost $18 million of federal grant funding.

Combined with the utilities' matching funds, the proposed projects would invest over $27. 5 million in activities, technologies, and equipment for grid hardening measures to reduce the likelihood and consequences of disruptive events to Oregon's electric grid. In June 2023, the U.S. DOE awarded Oregon $19,907,304.

In July 2024, the U.S. DOE modified the award, adding $10,991,729 for a total award of $30,899,033 to Oregon via the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program, which is supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

ODOE will award these funds to a diverse set of projects, with priority given to efforts that generate the greatest community benefit providing clean, affordable, and reliable The legislation sets allocations of the funding over five years. The formula is based on population, area, probability of disruptive events, severity of disruptive events, and expenditure on mitigation efforts.

Oregon's allocation for the first three years is $30,899,033. The state of Oregon is required to provide a 15 percent match of $4,634,855. Eligible utilities that receive a subgrant from ODOE are also required to match: Large Utilities: Entities that sell more than 4,000,000 MWh annually are required to match funds at 100 percent.

Small Utilities: Entities that sell less than 4,000,000 MWh annually are required to ODOE is required to subgrant 95 percent of the funding to eligible entities. While we are statutorily obligated to make 25 percent of these funds available to small utilities, ODOE is setting 40 percent aside for small utilities based on stakeholder feedback.

The remaining 5 percent of federal funds, as well as the state's match, is available for administration of this grant program and technical assistance to aid subgrantees in the implementation of their projects.

Webinar: Overview of Round 2 Subgrant Opportunity Open for Utilities to Apply for Grid Resilience Funding Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Applicant Support Webinar Applicant Support Webinar Applicant Support Webinar Applicant Support Webinar Grid Resilience Public Q&A Webinar: Overview of Round 1 Subgrant Opportunity Open for Utilities to Apply for Grid Resilience Funding Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Grid Resilience Grant Program Public Hearing Review Program Narrative for Additional U.S. DOE Award ODOE Grid Resilience Program Narrative Proposed Edits to Program Narrative Eastern Oregon Open House on Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Recent Opportunities for Consumer-Owned Utilities FAQ on Build America Buy America Act FAQ on National Environmental Policy Act Western Oregon Open House on Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Recent Opportunities for Consumer-Owned Utilities FAQ on Build America Buy America Act FAQ on National Environmental Policy Act Public Hearing : Grid Resilience Funding Wednesday, March 15, 2023 ODOE Draft Proposed Program Narrative for IIJA Grid Resilience Prompting Questions for Public Comments Public Hearing on Application for Federal Funding to Enhance Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 2 p.

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Meeting Presentation Slides Draft Program Narrative for IIJA Funding List of prompting questions in the Portal Opportunity Announcement 25-079 Performance Agreement Template Program Questions and Answers (Round 2) Documents Required After Selection: Budget Justification Worksheet Environmental Questionnaire Cost Match Letter Template (100% Match) Cost Match Letter Template (1/3 Match) Conflict of Interest Certification Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act National Environmental Policy Act Prevailing Wage & Davis-Bacon Act Build America, Buy America Act Buy America Act Compliance Certificate Template grid.

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