Recapping various energy-related federal funding opportunities (open or soon-expected)





energy specific funding opportunties




Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and other federal funding announcements





The *Minnesota Department of Commerce* is seeking to work with and facilitate connections with local and Tribal governments, utilities, businesses, communities and other entities interested in energy-related partnerships. Funding opportunities outlined below are offered through the federal funding opportunities, including those funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).??






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*40101(d) Due Date Extension and Postponement of 40101(d) Public Hearing*

*The U.S. Department of Energy has changed the due date for submissions to the "40101(d) Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid (Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes). "*The *due date* for the State Energy Office to submit the Minnesota State Plan has been?*extended from September 30, 2022, to March 31st, 2023.*

Because of the change in due date,* the Public Hearing regarding the Minnesota Grid Resilience 40101(d) State Plan previously announced as occurring on Friday, September 16th, 2022 has been postponed.? *A new date for the public hearing has not been set.

The DOE has also issued two requests for feedback on other Grid Resilience and Reliability funding opportunities (40101(c), 40103(b), 40107).? See the GRIP item below.

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Recent and expected federal funding activity

The federal government issues a variety of announcements related to federal funding opportunities:? Requests for Information (RFI); Notices of Intent (NOI); and Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). More information can be found on the Commerce IIJA web page [ [link removed] ] or by clicking the links below.

*--Open IIJA Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA):*

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*Section 40101(d): Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid (Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes)*


* *Full Application Due Date*: Changed from September 30th, 2022, to 10:59 pm March 31st, 2023.
* DE-FOA-0002736 Amendment 2 [ [link removed](d)_DE-FOA-0002736_Amd_000002.pdf ]; CFDA Number: 81.087

*The U.S. Department of Energy has changed the proposal submission due date*.

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*--Open IIJA Requests for Information (RFI) and Draft FOA comments:?*

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*Sections 40101(c), 40103(b), 401017 Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships (GRIP)*

The DOE Grid Deployment Office (GDO) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) has issued two requests for feedback related to grid resilience and reliability.? The DOE intends to coordinate implementation of three grid programs together, to the extent practicable, to maximize the benefits and impacts of the three programs, supporting the development of more comprehensive and regional resilience strategies. Together, the three programs will be called Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnership, or GRIP.? The DOE is seeking comments, via this RFI, on the combined implementation strategy, the implementation strategy for the individual programs, and on some of the required components.? Concurrently, DOE has published the DRAFT FOA for GRIP, with a request for comments from all stakeholders and the public.?


* DE-FOA-0002827 [ [link removed] ] ? GRIP RFI
* DE-FOA-0002740 [ [link removed] ] ? Draft GRIP FOA, and request for comments
* Responses due by October 14th, 2022, 4pm CDT.
* *Section 40101(c): Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid*
* Eligible entities: an electric grid operator, an electricity storage operator, an electricity generator, a transmission owner or operator, a distribution provider, a fuel supplier, and any other relevant entity (as determined by the DOE Secretary).

* *Section 40103(b): Program Upgrading Our Electric Grid and Ensuring Reliability and Resiliency *
* Eligible applicants - a State, a combination of two or more States, an Indian Tribe, a unit of local government, a public utility commission.

* *Section 40107: Deployment of Technologies to Enhance Grid Flexibility/Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program*
* Eligible applicants: institutions of higher education; For-profit entities; Non-profit entities; and State and local governmental entities, and tribal nations.

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*Sections 40207(e), (f)(2), (f)(3), (f)(4) and 40208 Collection, Transportation, Sorting, Processing, and Second-Life Applications for End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries.*


* *Responses due by*: 4pm CDT October 14, 2022
* DE-FOA-0002833 [ [link removed] ].

The DOE?s Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains Office in collaboration with the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office has issued a Request for Information covering multiple programs related to Lithium Ion Battery Recycling.? The RFI is seeking input on the following planned programs:

*- Section 40207(e)* *"Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize "*to offer the continuation of the "Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Competition" for additional rounds after completion of the existing round.

*- Section 40207(f) "Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling: Battery Recycling Research, Development, and Demonstration Grants. "*Programs proposed under this Section:

*- Battery Recycling Research, Development, and Demonstration Grants* to fund projects which create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries;

*- State and Local Programs *for establishment or enhancement of battery collection, processing and recycling centers;

*- Retailers As Collection Points *to implement a system for the acceptance and collection of covered batteries and covered battery-containing products, as applicable, for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal.

*- Section 40208*: *"Electric Drive Vehicle Battery Recycling and Second-Life Applications Program "*to fund eligible entities to conduct research, development, testing, and evaluation of solutions to increase the rate and productivity of electric drive vehicle battery recycling; and for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and?practical approaches to increase the recycling and second-use of electric drive vehicle batteries .






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*-- Non-IIJA**? Funding Opportunity Announcements*

* *U.S. Industry Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development*
* *Full Application Due Date*: October 11, 2022, 4pm CDT.
* DE-FOA-0001817 [ [link removed] ]; CDFA Number: 81.121

DOE?s Idaho Operations Office has opened the application period for the *U.S. Industries Opportunities for Advanced Nuclear Technology Development*.? The FOA is envisioned to provide support for the revitalization and expansion of the U.S. nuclear industry by encouraging growth of a pipeline for advanced nuclear reactors, specifically through the employment of key private-public partnerships.?

The cost-shared activities envisioned under this FOA would address industry-identified projects from a very broad scope of technical topical areas including, but not limited to, innovations and improvements in:

- Advanced nuclear reactor designs, including small modular reactors of various technology types;

- Engineering, analyses and experimentation that would address first-of-a-kind reactor design, certification, and licensing issues;

- Advanced manufacturing, fabrication and construction techniques for nuclear parts, components, and full-scale plants, or integrated efforts that could positively impact the domestic nuclear manufacturing enterprise;

- Sensors, instrumentation and control systems;

- Plant auxiliary and support systems;

- Operational inspection and monitoring capabilities;

- Modeling and simulation of various elements of plant life cycle;

- Procedures, processes, and methodologies that can impact operational efficiencies;

- Integration of nuclear energy into micro-grid, non-electric, and/or hybrid applications;

- Other components, systems, processes, or capabilities, including dynamic convection technologies, that could result in performance and economic improvements in advanced nuclear reactor designs;

- Efforts to address regulatory and licensing issues with the NRC.







* *Clean Hydrogen Production, Storage, Transport, and Utilization to Enable a Net-Zero Carbon Economy*
* *Full Application Due Date*: October 25, 2022, 10:59pm CDT.
* DE-FOA-0002400 [ [link removed] ]; CDFA Number: 81.089

DOE?s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is amending a previously released FOA to add interest areas for funding and add further clarification to information in the FOA.? The FOA is to support the development of technologies enabling clean hydrogen production, transport, storage, and use in the energy sector, including electricity, heat, transportation, and industrial use. Newly added interest areas eligible for project funding are:

-? 4) Advanced Turbines

-? 14a) Methane pyrolysis/decomposition, in situ conversion, or cyclical chemical looping reforming

-? 14b) Hydrogen Production from Produced Water

-? 15) Technologies for Enabling the Safe and Efficient Transportation of Hydrogen Within the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline System

?-? 16) Fundamental Research to Enable High Volume, Long-term Subsurface Hydrogen Storage

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Ask us! The MN Commerce Department is your partner for IIJA? energy-specific funding opportunities

Interested in partnering with the Department of Commerce around funding opportunities? Have questions? Send an email, detailing the program, your organization and contact information to IIJA Initiatives Project Manager, Kellye Rose:[email protected].

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