Biden admin awards $2B in new grid resilience grants

Published on October 18, 2024

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Biden administration has awarded a total of nearly $2 billion in new grants to help harden, expand, and modernize U.S. power grids. Friday’s awards , the third round from the Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program, “couldn't…

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