Notice2023-28401
Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes
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Published
December 26, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue, on behalf of the DOE Grid Deployment Office (GDO), an amendment to the Administrative and Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) DE-FOA-0002736 (BIL--Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes), titled Amendment 000008. This grant program is authorized under of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and Amendment 000008 provides access to fiscal year (FY) 2024 formula grant allocations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88896-88898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28401]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric
Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy
Technology Laboratory (NETL) intends to issue, on behalf of the DOE
Grid Deployment Office (GDO), an amendment to the Administrative and
Legal Requirements Document (ALRD)
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DE-FOA-0002736 (BIL--Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of
the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes), titled
Amendment 000008. This grant program is authorized under of the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and Amendment 000008 provides
access to fiscal year (FY) 2024 formula grant allocations.
ADDRESSES: Requests for more information should be addressed by
electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#482c293e212c6638293a3b27263b082039662c272d662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1b5b0a7b8b5ffa1b0a3a2bebfa291b9a0ffb5beb4ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Parsons, (240) 449-7764,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c4c1d6c9c48ed0c1d2d3cfced3e0c8d18ec4cfc58ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e3e6f1eee3a9f7e6f5f4e8e9f4c7eff6a9e3e8e2a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIL is a once-in-a-generation investment
in infrastructure, which will grow a more sustainable, resilient, and
equitable economy through enhancing U.S. competitiveness, driving the
creation of good-paying union jobs, and ensuring stronger access to
economic, environmental, and other benefits for disadvantaged
communities. The BIL appropriates more than $62 billion to DOE to
invest in American manufacturing and workers; expand access to energy
efficiency; deliver reliable, clean, and affordable power to more
Americans; and deploy the technologies of tomorrow through clean energy
demonstrations.
The forthcoming ALRD Amendment 000008, expected to take effect in
January 2024 (available at: <a href="https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect/?doc=DE-FOA-0003221&agency=DOE">https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect/?doc=DE-FOA-0003221&agency=DOE</a>), will support the Administration and
Congressional goals to (1) demonstrate measurable improvements in
energy resilience in the United States and mitigate climate related
risk, (2) invest in modernized grid infrastructure that can enable
consumer access to lower-cost energy and accommodate increased
electrification, increased penetrations of variable renewable
electricity and distributed energy resources, and other evolving system
needs over the coming decades, (3) invest in clean energy and
decarbonization solutions to achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035
and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050, and (4)
create good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union.
The purpose of ALRD Amendment 000008 is to allow for submission of
applications for the FY 2024 formula grant allocations. The FY 2024
formula grant allocation amounts are available at: <a href="https://netl.doe.gov/bilhub/grid-resilience/formula-grants">https://netl.doe.gov/bilhub/grid-resilience/formula-grants</a>. The process for
requesting a FY 2024 allocation depends on whether the applicant is an
existing grant recipient, a current grant applicant, or a new grant
applicant:
<bullet> Existing Grant Recipients that have already received
grants for FY 2022 and FY 2023 of the Program will have 90 days from
the issuance of ALRD Amendment 000008 to request their FY 2024
allocation, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of their
current Grant award.
<bullet> Current Grant Applicants that previously submitted a grant
application for FY 2022 and FY 2023 of the program but have not yet
received their grant at the time the ALRD Amendment 000008 (for FY
2024) is issued, will have 90 days from the issuance of ALRD Amendment
000008 to amend their submitted grant application to include the FY
2024 allocations.
<bullet> New Grant Applicants are eligible applicants (as defined
in ALRD Amendment 0000008) that did not submit a grant application for
FY 2022 and FY 2023 of the Program. New Grant Applicants will have 90
days from the issuance of ALRD Amendment 000008 to submit a grant
application for a FY 2024 allocation. Several one-time actions,
explained below, must be completed before an application can be
submitted, including registration with the System for Award Management
(SAM), obtaining a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and registering with
<a href="http://FedConnect.net">FedConnect.net</a>. These actions can be completed prior to the issuance of
ALRD Amendment 000008. Prospective New Grant Applicants are encouraged
to address these items as soon as possible, as some may take several
weeks to complete. Additional instructions for New Grant Applicants
will be provided in the ALRD Amendment 000008.
Note: Neither applications nor allocation requests are being
accepted at this time.
The current ALRD (Amendment 000007) is available at: <a href="https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect/?doc=DE-FOA-0002736&agency=DOE">https://www.fedconnect.net/fedconnect/?doc=DE-FOA-0002736&agency=DOE</a>.
New Grant Applicants must complete the following steps in order to
submit their application via FedConnect:
Pre-application actions:
SAM--Applicants must register with the SAM at <a href="https://www.sam.gov/">https://www.sam.gov/</a>
prior to submitting an application in response to this ALRD.
Designating an Electronic Business Point of Contact (EBiz POC) and
obtaining a special password called an MPIN are important steps in SAM
registration. The applicant must maintain an active SAM registration
with current information at all times during which it has an active
Federal award or an application under consideration. More information
about SAM registration for applicants is available at: <a href="https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp?id=gsafsd_kb_articles&sys_id=650d493e1bab7c105465">https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp?id=gsafsd_kb_articles&sys_id=650d493e1bab7c105465</a>
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Note: If clicking the SAM links do not work, please copy and
paste the link into your browser.
UEI--Applicants must obtain an UEI from the SAM to uniquely
identify the entity. The UEI is available in the SAM entity
registration record.
Note: Subawardees/subrecipients at all tiers must also obtain an
UEI from the SAM and provide the UEI to the award recipient before
the subaward can be issued.
Note: Due to the high demand of UEI requests and SAM
registrations, entity legal business name and address validations
are taking longer than expected to process. Entities should start
the UEI and SAM registration process as soon as possible. If
entities have technical difficulties with the UEI validation or SAM
registration process they should utilize the HELP feature on
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a>. <a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> will address entity service tickets in the order in
which they are received and asks that entities not create multiple
service tickets for the same request or technical issue.
<a href="http://FedConnect.net">FedConnect.net</a>--Applicants must register with FedConnect to submit
applications in response to the ALRD, to submit questions, and to
receive the award. FedConnect website: <a href="https://www.fedconnect.net/">https://www.fedconnect.net/</a>. For
more information regarding registration with FedConnect, review the
FedConnect Ready, Set, Go! Guide at: <a href="https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/Marketing/Documents/FedConnect_Ready_Set_Go.pdf">https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/Marketing/Documents/FedConnect_Ready_Set_Go.pdf</a>.
Electronic Signatures--Acknowledgement of award documents by the
Grant Recipient authorized representative through electronic systems
used by the Department of Energy, including FedConnect, constitutes the
Grantee's acceptance of the terms and conditions of the award.
Acknowledgement via FedConnect by the Grantee's authorized
representative constitutes the Grantee's electronic signature.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December
14, 2023, by Maria D. Robinson, pursuant to delegated authority from
the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and
date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for
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publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-28401 Filed 12-22-23; 8:45 am]
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