NRECA, Electric Co-op Consortium Selected for Wildfire Mitigation Infrastructure Funding

NRECA and a consortium of 39 co-ops from across the country were selected to negotiate contracts for nearly $100 million in federal infrastructure funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Resilience Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program.

“This infrastructure funding is an important step as electric co-ops work to harden systems against wildfires and enhance the reliability of the grid,” said NRECA CEO Jim Matheson. “These projects hold tremendous potential for local communities as their co-ops unlock new ways to use technology to help mitigate wildfires and keep the lights on.”

NRECA’s consortium bid enables smaller co-ops to work together and submit a competitive application for infrastructure funds. The consortium projects will accelerate completion of high-priority wildfire mitigation projects at 39 electric co-ops across the country.

Specific co-op projects in the consortium application cover a range of projects focused on local wildfire mitigation.