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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2025-01-10	Greer CPW - Self Healing Teams (352.49 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper Subs: Greer Commission of Public Works	Multiple Sites, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-01-15	APU Distribution Switch Reliability & Automation Upgrades (360.15 KB)	Prime: California Energy Commission Subs: City of Anaheim	Multiple Sites, CA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-01-24	PECO CREATE Plan: Creating a Resilient, Equitable and Accessible Transformation (Conowingo 220-47) (383.5 KB)	Prime: PECO Energy Company Subs: None	Montgomery County, PA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration & Deployment
2025-03-05	GR-SA Voltage Regulation (383.53 KB)	Prime: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Subs: East Central Energy	Multiple Sites, MN	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-03-11	City of Newton Electric Grid Resilience (377.08 KB)	Prime: Illinois Finance Authority Subs: City of Newton	Multiple Sites, IL	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-04-16	Establish Preventive and Predictive Maintenance to Enhance Grid Resilience in Fort Pierce (406.25 KB)	Prime: Florida Division of Emergency Management Subs: Fort Pierce Utilities Authority	Multiple Sites, FL	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-04-02	City of Albany GA Substation Resiliency and Distribution Automation (377.99 KB)	Prime: Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Subs: City of Albany, Albany Utility Board	Multiple Sites, GA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-04-07	Missoula Area Resiliency Improvements (389.4 KB)	Prime: Montana Department of Environmental Quality Subs: NorthWestern Energy	Multiple, MT	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-04-22	LAFGA Strategic Resilience Upgrade Project (361.3 KB)	Prime: Georgia Environmental Finance Authority Subs: City of LaFayette Electric Department	Multiple Sites, GA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-05-05	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Capital Electric Cooperative (488.59 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Sub: Capital Electric Cooperative	Burleigh County, ND	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration & Deployment
2025-09-03	Alaska Railbelt Carbon Capture and Storage (ARCCS) Project (Subtask 2.2) (509.62 KB)	Prime: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Subs: Explor Geoscience USA Inc.	Multiple Sites, AK	FECM
2023-07-28	Embarking on the Wyoming Trails Carbon Hub (“WyoTCH”) (180.39 KB)	Prime: Carbon Solutions Subs: University of Wyoming; INTERA Incorporated; Glenrock Energy; Williams	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-09-25	Production of Low-Carbon Methanol Through the Use of Direct-Air Capture of CO2 and Solid-Oxide Co-Electrolysis of CO2 and H2O to (134.52 KB)	Prime: GE Research Sub: National Renewable Energy Lab, Virginia Commonwealth University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-10-19	Community Alliance for Direct Air Capture (CALDAC) (174.55 KB)	University of California-Berkely;AECOM;Blue Planet;CSU-Bakersfield;Carbon180;CarbonBuilt;Clean Energy Systems;Electric Power Research Institute;CSU-Fresno;Origen;PSE;Rondo;Valley Onward;LBNL; AirMyne, Carbon6, Data for Progress, Mosiac, Project 2030	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-11-03	Coal Creek Carbon Capture: Site Characterization and Permitting (179.65 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota EERC Subs: NESET	McClean County, ND	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-12-20	Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) (175.81 KB)	City of Naperville	Naperville, IL	FECM/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2024-01-12	Distribution Automation Deployment in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma (164.47 KB)	Empire District Electric Company	Multiple sites, Multiple states	GDO/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2024-03-01	Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage Hub (257.7 KB)	Prime: Southern States Energy Board; Sub:Projeo Corporation; Tenaska Sequestration Services; West Virginia University; West Virgina Geologic and Economic Survey; Ohio State University	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Large Scale Storage
2024-03-11	York Electric - Legion (195.42 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper, SC Sub: York Electric Cooperative, Inc	York County, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-03-08	Advanced Metals and Component Manufacturing Facility to Boost Domestic Supply Chain Resiliency of Transformers and Motors for... (213.15 KB)	Prime: CorePower Magnetics, Inc. Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, PA	EE/MESC-10
2024-03-20	Low-Carbon, All-Water-Based, Highly Circular Stationary Storage Battery Plant Based on Neocarbonix Electrodes (213.52 KB)	Prime: FastCAP Systems Corporation d/b/a Nanoramic Laboratories Sub: NonePrime: FastCAP Systems Corporation d/b/a Nanoramic Laboratories Sub: None	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/MESC-10
2024-04-01	Poudre Valley Rural Electric Assocation Microgrid Project (179.09 KB)	Prime: Colorado Energy Office Sub: Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association	Multiple sites, CO	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-04-09	York Electric - State Park (231.37 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper, SC Sub: York Electric Cooperative, Inc	York County, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2024-05-03	Front-End Engineering & Design (FEED) for Production of Critical Minerals (CM) (181.1 KB)	Prime: Winner Water Services; Subs: Southern Company Services Inc., Eco Material Technologies, Physical Sciences Inc	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/RS/Minerals Sustainability
2024-05-16	Multi-Agency Household Battery Recycling Program Expansion (606.79 KB)	Prime: Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA); Subs: Several	Multiple sites, NY	EERE/MESC
2024-06-11	New Underground Replacement (181.54 KB)	Kansas Corporation Commission	Garden City, KS	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-06-20	LACE: Loans to Access Clean Evs (590.86 KB)	Prime: Forth Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple States	EERE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration
2024-06-27	Rural Resiliency - Replacing Cooper Line (170.18 KB)	Prime: Indiana OED; Sub: Carroll White REMC	Multiple sites, IN	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-07-03	TEC Columbia (171 KB)	Prime: Michigan EGLE Sub: Thumb Electric Cooperative	Multiple sites, MI	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-07-26	Coal Creek Carbon Capture: Site Characterization and Permitting (144.19 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Subs: None	Mclean County, ND	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2024-08-07	System Hardening & Reliability Improvement Program (SHRIP) (150.51 KB)	Prime: City of Lake Worth Beach Subs: None	Lake Worth Beach, FL	GDO/TDC/EDS/D&D
2024-08-23	Nez Perce-Clearwater Reliability and Wildfire Mitigation Technology Project (170.35 KB)	Prime: Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OMER) Sub: Clearwater Power Company	Multiple sites, ID	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-08-27	Westside Road Overhead to Underground Conversion (171.99 KB)	Prime: Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OMER) Sub: Northern Lights Inc.	Multiple sites, ID	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-09-12	Bessemer Line Resiliency Project (171.4 KB)	Prime: Michigan EGLE Sub: Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin	Lansing, MI	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-09-23	Lakes Region Grid Resiliency Project (384.31 KB)	Prime: Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) Subs: Central Maine Power CompanyPrime: Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) Subs: Central Maine Power Company	Multiple Sites, ME	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-10-03	City of Drain Grid Resilience Grant (384.09 KB)	Prime: Oregon Department of Energy Subs: City of Drain	Drain, OR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-10-16	Central Wisconsin Electric Coop - Undergrounding of Electrical Equipment - Bartelme (377.72 KB)	Prime: PSC of Wisconsin Subs: Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative	Multiple Sites, WI	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-11-04	Recloser Relay Installation, Coordination Study and Testing (377.95 KB)	Prime: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Subs: Benton Utilities	Multiple Sites, AR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-11-14	An Automated Secure Multi-Partied Virtual Power Plant Control Paradigm via Homomorphic Cryptography (376.23 KB)	Prime: University of Texas at Arlington Subs: University of Virginia, New York University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Electric Power Research Institute	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	CESER/TDC/EDS/Research & Development
2024-11-18	Oxford 12.5 kV Loop Construction (382.58 KB)	Prime: Nebraska Department of Environment & Energy Sub: Village of Oxford	Multiple Sites, NE	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2024-11-26	Carbon Composite HVDC Conductor Expansion (CCHCE) - Budget Period One (586.27 KB)	Prime: TS Conductor Subs: NonePrime: TS Conductor Subs: None	Hardeeville, SC	MESC/FAC/FA/Team B
2024-12-04	Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) - Testing and disassembly of electric vehicle (EV) lithium ion battery (LIB) packs a (583.04 KB)	Prime: Rochester Institute of Technology Subs: Multiple	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	EERE/FAC/FA/Team B
2025-01-10	Van Buren Grid Resilience Project (386.11 KB)	Prime: Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) Subs: Van Buren Light and Power District	Van Buren, ME	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-01-10	VTES GRIPS: Adaptive Protection (382.27 KB)	Prime: Virginia Department of Energy Subs: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University	Multiple Sites, VA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-01-14	Grid Hardening and Resiliency in AECC Transmission Infrastructure (355.35 KB)	Prime: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Subs: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation	Little Rock, AR	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-01-14	EAL Battery Monitoring Installation Project (360.95 KB)	Prime: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Subs: Entergy Arkansas, LLC	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-03-05	Santa Barbara City College Community Resiliency Hub (SBCC Hub) (382.33 KB)	Prime: California Energy Commission Subs: Scale Micorgrid Solutions Operating, LLC, Santa Barbara City College	Multiple Sites, CA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-03-13	Rinaker – Palmyra Tie Line (377.8 KB)	Prime: Illinois Finance Authority Subs: MJM Electric Cooperative	Multiple Sites, IL	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-03-19	Troy Smart Grid Installation (392.75 KB)	Prime: Montana Department of Environmental Quality Subs: City of Troy	Multiple Sites, MT	GDO
2025-04-16	Rock Alaska Power Upgrade (354.88 KB)	Prime: Eklutna, Inc.; Subs: Matanuska Electric Association	Multiple Sites, AK	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT