BEL Grant Assistance Tracker

Since the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was enacted in 2021, BEL has been hard at work providing grant assistance to utility coalitions, municipalities, cooperatives, and Tribes across the country. In total, our team has led and worked with applications for projects totaling $40B+ across 30+ states.

In the cases where applications aren't awarded, BEL works with utilities to develop visions and strategies for executing on electrification and looks for other opportunities to develop their projects.

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Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

BEL was awarded a $500,000 grant from the ARC to support Building Appalachia’s Infrastructure, which will help Appalachian utilities enable electrification. BEL will continue to help Appalachian utilities adopt electric grid upgrades to increase the supply of affordable, reliable electricity that will benefit Appalachian economies in partnership with local development districts, American Municipal Power, and other partners. BEL is expanding into AL, KY, MD, MS, NC, OH, SC, VA, and WV under a 5-year $4.5M technical support grant, and continues to support NY, PA, TN and GA communities.

ARC grant types include:

Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE)
  • ARC's multi-state initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through collaborative projects. BEL's Appalachian Region Community-Owned Grid Resilient Infrastructure Project (ARCO-GRIP) was awarded under this program.
Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative (POWER)
  • This program targets federal resources to expand economic opportunities for coal impacted communities.
Area Development
  • An economic development program that empowers Appalachian communities to work together with their state governments to design impactful investment opportunities in two areas: Critical Infrastructure and Business and Workforce Development.
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BIL Section 40101(d) - Grid Resilience Grants

BEL is supporting applications for more than $90M in infrastructure funding for utilities and Tribes in IN, OH, PA, NY, DE, ME, MA, TN, NC, WV, MS, GA, and AZ.

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GRIP

Round 1

Approximately $275M awarded with help from BEL. BEL submitted applications covering more than 15 states, 7 co-ops, 8 municipal utilities, and a Tribal utility.

Round 2

BEL supported 8 percent of concept papers that moved forward nationally from the first down selection. BEL supported final applications from MA, IN, OK, NM, NY, NJ, PA, AL, GA, SD, MN, IA, ND and NE for applications of over $170M, including the DCEC-led RESIST Grid Disruptions project that was awarded $28M.

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PACE / New ERA

BEL supported 100 total projects. 4,000 MW solar, 2,000 MW wind, 2,000 MW storage. $4B in grants, $8B in loans. Annual GHG reductions of 22+ million tons. Through our programmatic support, we have supported over $40B in total project costs, that will deliver more than 10 GW of new power generation.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

BEL supported two Tribal applications requesting a total of $1.1M in electrification funding. One was awarded funding.

Map of BEL Grant Assistance by State