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Commission approves round 2 of Grid Resilience Formula Grant with $7.2M base and conditional awards
Summary
The commission approved the design and $7.2M base budget for round 2 of Wisconsin's Grid Resilience Formula Grant program, keeping broad applicant eligibility, prioritizing small utilities (75% set-aside), adding fire-resilience and undergrounding priorities, and allowing conditional awards if additional IIJA funds become available through 12/31/2029.
Commissioner Nieto opened the round 2 design discussion for docket 9713FG2026 and summarized round 1 outcomes: approximately $8.5 million awarded to 19 projects and about $1.89 million left uncommitted. She noted the US Department of Energy had awarded Wisconsin about $10.2 million for the program's first two years and an additional $5.6 million for year 3, with years 4 and 5 allocations not yet announced.
Nieto recommended keeping all federally-eligible applicant types, adding priorities for fire-resistant technologies and undergrounding, deprioritizing some distributed energy-resource proposals for this round, establishing a $7.2 million base budget, and allowing conditional awards if additional funds from years 4–5 or underspend become available by 12/31/2029. Commissioners Strand and Hawkins supported the approach. The commission voted to approve the round 2 design and budget consistent with the discussion.
