Eight energy grid projects across 18 states are set to get a financial boost totaling $2.2 billion from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, officials announced Aug. 6—the second round of funding awards from the agency's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program.
Focused on transmission, the selected projects collectively include more than 600 miles of new lines and upgrades on 400 existing line miles to enable them to transmit more power, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters Aug. 5. The projects would together add nearly 13 GW of capacity to the grid.
