Letter of intent/application due dates: letters of intent due July 16, 2009 for applications due August 6, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Eastern time; letters of intent due October 23 2009 for applications due November 4, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Eastern time; letters of intent due February 10, 2010 for applications due March 03, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Eastern time. Submit questions, letters of intent and applications to: DOESGIGApplications@HQ.DOE.GOV. Multiple applications from the same originator are allowed but each submission must meet all eligibility requirements.
The overall purpose of the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program (SGIG) is to accelerate the modernization of the nation's electric transmission and distribution systems and promote investments in smart grid technologies, tools, and techniques which increase flexibility, functionality, interoperability, cyber-security, situational awareness, and operational efficiency. This financial assistance is intended to enable measurable improvements that can result from accelerated achievement of a modernized electric transmission and distribution system, including: (1) Reliability of the electric power system; (2) Electric power system costs and peak demand; (3) Consumer electricity costs, bills, and environmental impacts; (4) Clean energy development and greenhouse gas emissions; (5) Economic opportunities for businesses and new jobs for workers. The goals of the SGIG program involve accelerating progress toward a modern grid that provides the following specific characteristics that DOE believes define what a smart grid would accomplish: (1) Enabling informed participation by consumers in retail and wholesale electricity markets; (2) Accommodating all types of central and distributed electric generation and storage options; (3) Enabling new products, services, and markets; (4) Providing for power quality for a range of needs by all types of consumers; (5) Optimizing asset utilization and operating efficiency of the electric power system; (6) Anticipating and responding to system disturbances; (7) Operating resiliently to attacks and natural disasters. Projects that accomplish the purpose and goals of the SGIG will be those that help implement necessary digital upgrades to electric transmission and distribution systems, large and small, and to residential, commercial, industrial, and public buildings, appliances, and equipment that connect with those systems. Such projects will support the two-way flow of both electric power and information between electric power companies and electricity consumers and will include methods and capabilities addressing interoperability, which is the capability of two or more networks, systems, devices, applications, or components to share and readily use information securely and effectively with little or no inconvenience to the user. Easing the integration effort to achieve interoperability is an important enabling aspect of smart grid deployments and SGIG projects are expected to recognize and address this. It is expected that SGIG projects will also enable the entire electricity supply and delivery chain - as a whole or in part - (including power plants, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, meters, and customer systems) to operate in a more reliable, efficient, secure, and affordable manner through operational improvements in areas such as outage detection, equipment maintenance, and asset deferral and at a higher level of environmental protection through increased capabilities for cost-effectively integrating renewable, energy efficient, and less carbon-intensive technologies. Such projects will also provide an economic stimulus to local areas, states, and regions through investment in electric infrastructure, expansion of economic opportunities for businesses, creation of jobs for American workers, and enhancements of worker skills. The purpose and objectives of this program are very specific in nature. The distinct subject matter of this funding opportunity necessitates a thorough review of the official program guidance referenced at the URL provided in the contact section of this summary.
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Name: Beth Tomasoni
Department: U. S. Department of Energy
Street: 1000 Independence Ave., SW
MA-64
City: Washington
Zip: 20585
Email: beth.tomasoni@hq.doe.gov
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