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GFO-23-401 – Bulk Grid Asset Enhancements for Grid Reliability

CA Energy Commission · 52143

Eligibility details

This solicitation is open to all public and private entities. Applicants must intend to own or operate the eligible project.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 30%. Applicants for projects for zero- or low-emission technologies must include at least a 30% match of the total project cost net of applicable tax credits. Applicants for other projects must include at least a 50% match of the total project cost net of applicable tax credits.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

This is a competitive grant solicitation. The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (DEBA) Program announces the availability of up to $150 million in grant funds for the purchase and installation of efficiency upgrades and capacity additions to existing bulk grid power generators in California that will serve as emergency supply for the state’s electrical grid during extreme events (as defined in Public Resources Code [PRC] section 25790.5[b]). In accordance with the bulk grid assets in the loading order set forth in Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (DEBA) Program Guidelines, First Edition, this solicitation aims to fund eligible projects to strengthen electricity reliability and prioritizes 1) feasible, cost-effective zero- and low-emission resources, and then 2) feasible, cost-effective conventional resources. Grant funding under this solicitation is intended to accelerate project timelines and help fill gaps in the market that are preventing implementation of eligible projects. This solicitation can be referred to as the DEBA/Bulk Grid GFO.

Funding geography: Eligible projects must be located in California and interconnected to California’s bulk transmission grid.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.