Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization
Description
DE-FOA-0003605 “Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization” aims to quickly shore up U.S. grid reliability by leveraging existing coal plant infrastructure.
- Purpose: Address an urgent grid capacity and reliability crisis by bringing reliable, affordable, and secure generation online fast.
- Driver: DOE’s 2025 assessment shows coal retirements are outpacing replacement by other dependable resources. Executive Order 14156 declared a national energy emerge…
DE-FOA-0003605 Restoring Reliability Coal Recommissioning and Modernization. The United States is confronting an urgent grid capacity crisis. DOE’s 2025 Grid Reliability Assessment (DOE/GR-2025-001) confirmed that coal retirements outpace other reliable, affordable, and secure generation resourc…
Source
Grant ID
DE-FOA-0003605
Eligibility
The following categories of applicants are invited to apply:
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Awards & Funding
Award Ceiling
$70M
Award Floor
$1
Funding Amount
Discretionary
Similar opportunities
- Notice of Intent (NOI) DE-FOA-0003607, is to Issue Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. DE-FOA-0003606, titled, "Improving Efficiency, Reliability, and Flexibility of Coal-Based Power Plants"
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- Notice of Intent (NOI) related to "HARMONY: Human-Centric Analytics for Resilient & Modernized Power sYstems”
- Grid Resiliency Grant