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Fort Pierce Utility Board approves roughly $5.8 million DOE GRIP grant to modernize electric grid
Summary
The board approved a U.S. Department of Energy Grid Resilience and Innovation Program (GRIP) grant of about $5.8 million to fund transformer upgrades, a Totten Substation ring-bus conversion and deployment of 400 automated devices; the grant includes a community benefits plan and a reduced local match due to Fort Pierce’s disadvantaged-community designation.
At its Oct. 1 meeting, the Fort Pierce Utility Board voted to approve a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy for the Grid Resilience and Innovation Program (GRIP), a package of electric-grid upgrades worth about $5.8 million in federal funds.
Rachel Tennant, FPUA’s director of public affairs and sustainability, asked the board to sign the agreement and described a three‑year project running from October 2024 through September 2027. "I am here to request your approval of the grant agreement with the Federal Department of Energy. It's approximately $5,800,000 toward upgrades for our electric grid," Tennant said.
Staff said the work will include upgrading two power transformers at…
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