{"id":66485,"date":"2024-08-06T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=66485"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:15:00","slug":"california-receives-more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-in-federal-funds-to-improve-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=66485","title":{"rendered":"California receives more than half a billion dollars in federal funds to improve power grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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What you need to know<\/strong>: The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $600 million grant to a public-private partnership to improve California’s electric grid that will lead to energy savings and enhanced reliability for consumers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO<\/strong> \u2014 California has secured a $600 million federal grant to upgrade 100 miles of electric transmission lines with grid enhancing technologies to improve reliability and deliver clean, affordable electricity faster.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership<\/a>\u00a0(GRIP) grant was awarded to a consortium that includes the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent System Operator, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Edison.<\/p>\n

The agencies, grid operator and utilities will partner on the California Harnessing Advanced Reliable Grid Enhancing Technologies for Transmission (CHARGE 2T) program, which will expand transmission capacity and provide interconnection improvements to increase and accelerate equitable access to clean energy resources across the state.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOnce again, the Biden-Harris Administration is not just talking the talk, they\u2019re walking the walk. This funding is critical to our efforts to build a power grid that ensures all Californians have access to cleaner, cheaper, more reliable electricity.”<\/h4>\n
\nGovernor\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The project will:<\/p>\n