About the Program
The Grid Resilience Grant Program, funded through Section 40101(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), is administered through the Indiana Office of Energy Development, the Governor-designated state energy office. This program provides $2.5 billion in formula grants to states and tribes for the purpose of improving the all-hazards resilience of electric grids. Under this U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formula program, Indiana is estimated to receive approximately $23 million over five years.
On June 16, 2023, DOE announced the award for the first $9.2 million for Indiana's program.
Indiana will utilize an all-hazards mitigation approach to guide its decisions in awarding funding to eligible recipients. This approach will ensure critical investments are made to protect from and withstand higher probability threats that are more specific to Indiana’s environment (i.e., tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are a much higher probability to occur in Indiana than a widespread wildfire, for example). This will, in turn, ensure communities receive the greatest possible benefits from these investments.
In addition, IOED will ensure the grant funding opportunity supports a foundation for attracting, developing, and maintaining a strong workforce that includes an opportunity for all Hoosiers. Furthermore, all investments under this program should be designed and implemented with the goal of reducing the frequency and duration of customer outages, and ensuring customers have access to a safe, reliable, and affordable electric system.
Indiana's 5-Year Strategic Plan
As required by IIJA and the federal DOE program, the state must submit a plan (also known as the Program Narrative) to implement this program. This Program Narrative is a high-level five-year strategic document to guide investment decisions. The Program Narrative includes the objectives of the program, the methods and criteria on sub-awarding funds to eligible entities, as well as the distribution of funding. As a part of developing the plan, Indiana OED provided several opportunities for public participation and feedback to implement this program.
Indiana's plan focuses on building upon existing efforts throughout the state and supplement existing funding in order to improve the electric grid infrastructure, particularly as it relates to the ability to withstand and recover from potential disruptions.
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Application Process
The State of Indiana adopted a new grants management system called eCivis. Applicants for state and federal grants will access grant solicitations via the eCivis Grants Portal. Applications will be submitted electronically through the Portal, and subrecipients will receive their award notices via eCivis. Following notice of their award, subrecipients will use eCivis to manage their grants, including submitting activity reports, requesting reimbursements, and conducting grant close-out activities. For training materials, technical support, and other information about eCivis, please visit the SBA website.
Questions and inquiries about the grant program shall be submitted to grants@oed.in.gov. Questions submitted to IOED will be answered and added into a comprehensive FAQ document that will be posted to IOED’s website. IOED will strive to respond to all questions within three business days.
2025 Application
More information regarding the next round of Grid Resilience's application will be available soon.
Grid Resilience Grants
The Indiana Office of Energy Development recently awarded several communities with funds from the Grid Resilience Grant Program. This program will fund improvements to electric grid infrastructure in the state, particularly as it relates to the ability to withstand and recover from potential disruptions.
Town of Middletown - The Town of Middletown’s total project is $474,332.00. The proposed project—Advanced Metering Infrastructure to Improve Grid Resilience in Middletown, Indiana—includes designing and installing an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system within the service territory of Middletown Electric Utility. The objective of the project is to improve the resilience of the Town of Middletown’s electric grid, especially in the face of extreme weather events like storms and high winds, which are common in central Indiana.
Johnson County REMC – Johnson County REMC’s project is $2,900,165.40. They will expand their existing feeder automation pilot project from primary feeders to mid-stream devices and install a 3MW/12MWH battery energy storage system (BESS) in a rural area. The aim of the initiatives increase reliability and create resilience against rolling blackouts, and transmission and distribution outages.
Indiana Municipal Power Agency – The Indiana Municipal Power Agency’s (IMPA) project is $255,125.00. The project includes installing and implementing two analytics software platforms, True Grid Reliability Analytics (TGRA) and Tantalus Transformer Analytics (TTA), on the IMPA system. This project’s objective is to install predictive and response analytics software aimed at reducing outage frequency and improve outage response times.
South Central Indiana REMC – South Central Indiana REMC’s project is $4,669,840. This project will bury 17 miles of overhead conductor at 10 different locations in Brown County affecting 4 feeders. A pair of monitoring and control devices will also be installed.
Town of Centerville - The Town of Centerville’s project is $1,111,050. The project will upgrade three 4 kV circuits to modern, higher-capacity 12 kV circuits with greater reliability. The process involves replacement of aging poles, hardware, and transformers that have reached or exceeded life expectancy, as well as clearing vegetation to install new poles and reduce outages.
Carroll White REMC – Carroll White REMC’s project is $411,445.00. The project includes replacing 1.93 miles of single phase 6A copper overhead conductor with three phase 1/0 ACSR overhead conductor. The project will improve voltage quality and provide options for alternate feeding conditions. Updated lines also part of the project. This will allow for in creased electrification and EV adoption.
Indiana Michigan Power Company – Indiana Michigan Power Company’s project is $2,655,316.44. They will install Distribution Automation Circuit Reconfiguration (DACR) technology in the form of "smart" reclosers on the distribution grid across its Indiana territory which will provide monitoring and control functions to the existing grid. The benefits of this project will be significant reliability and resiliency improvement for the customers on the targeted circuits.