Department of Energy - DOE proposes to achieve grid modernization through a multi-year collaborative initiative involving public and private sector energy stakeholders including the National Laboratories, utilities, regulators, equipment manufacturers, vendors, developers, universities, associations, and others. This will be led by three DOE offices:
- Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) – enables the grid to use all available energy sources to serve all loads while meeting climate, security, reliability, resiliency, safety, and affordability objectives, and provides overall management of DOE’s Grid Modernization efforts. Several OE programs provide funding:
- Advanced Modeling Grid Research (AMGR)
- Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS)
- Energy Systems Risk and Predictive Capability (ESRPC)
- Transmission Reliability (TR)
- Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS)
- Energy Storage
- Smart Grid R&D
- Transformer Resilience and Advanced Components (TRAC)
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) – develops energy efficiency, renewable power, and sustainable transportation technologies and enables them to be successfully integrated into the grid in a safe, reliable, and cost-effective manner. Several EERE programs provide funding:
- Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA) – provides leadership in rigorous analysis, robust stakeholder engagement, and recommendations for policy options that support the public interest in efficient markets, clean reliable energy, and modernization of the nation’s energy systems.
Coordination will also occur across other DOE offices, linking key programs within the Office of Science (SC), Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E).