The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is providing up to $35 million to bolster grid resilience and reliability through the Joint Assessment of Resilience in Vulnerable Infrastructure Systems (JARVIS) program. Administerd by TechWerx, JARVIS will enable utilities to enhance grid resilience against extreme weather, improve flexibility through data analytics and smart grid technologies, and facilitate the integration of distributed energy resources.
Utilities will use funding received from the JARVIS program to engage with service providers, such as research institutions, consulting firms, or technology companies, to deploy advanced technologies and incorporate modeling to identify and mitigate grid vulnerabilities, enabling greater integration across diverse energy portfolios. Successful project teams will include both the primary utility recipient and the partnering service provider. GDO expects to award up to $1 million per recipient, with a total of $35 million in funding currently available.
Applications to be a part of the first JARVIS cohort are due April 19, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
A pre-recorded informational webinar is available on TechWerx’s opportunity page. Office hours sessions will also be held March 12, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. ET and April 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Registration is required.
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Good start but more needs to be done to upgrade the grid.