NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Energy announced Oct. 18 their selection of Entergy New Orleans to receive matching funds totaling nearly $55M through DoE’s “Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships” program.
This grant is being awarded to fund Entergy New Orleans' “Line Hardening and Battery Microgrid” project, which will enhance the local grid’s resilience against severe weather events.
Anticipated benefits include:
- Transmission hardening of approximately 97 structures; expected to avoid more than 564 million customer minutes interruptions.
- Distribution hardening of approximately 381 structures; expected to avoid more than 45 million customer minutes interruptions.
- Significantly improved resilience during extreme weather events, with lower expected outage frequency and duration due to electric infrastructure hardening and battery installation.
- Deployment of a line hardening and battery backup project, which will reduce the energy bills for disadvantaged communities.
The grant award also includes a significant Community Benefits Plan.
Entergy will be working with several of its community partners, like the New Orleans Career Center, First72+ and Delgado Community College on workforce development programs.
Entergy New Orleans has been recommended by the Grid Deployment Office for negotiation of a final award, a process which can take approximately 120 days. Additional information regarding the process is available here. (Entergy 10/18/23) Entergy New Orleans selected for $55 million federal grant from Department of Energy (entergynewsroom.com)
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