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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2025-03-04	SMARTER GRIDS: Secure Management & Aggregation of Real-World Transportation Electrification Resources for Grid Resilience and... (454.05 KB)	Prime: Liberas, Inc. Subs: Several	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	EERE/FAC/FA/Team B
2025-05-05	Route-68 Circuit Upgrades (438.8 KB)	Prime: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Subs: Templeton Light & Water Department	Multiple Sites, MA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-06-02	Tom Miller Xmission Rebuild WP235145 (381.84 KB)	Prime: Prime: Washington State Department of Commerce; Subs: Public Utility District No. 1 of Klickitat County	Multiple Sites, WA	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-05-20	County Sanitation District No. 2 Biomethane Interconnection Project (355.39 KB)	Prime: Los Angeles County Sanitation District Subs: Tetra Tech BAS, Inc.	Carson City, CA	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation & Methane Mitigation Technologies
2025-07-07	Bronson Electric Upgrades (373.18 KB)	Prime: Kansas Corporation Commission; Subs: City of Bronson	Multiple Sites, KS	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-07-14	Magnolia Sequestration Project (442.86 KB)	Prime: Magnolia Sequestration Hub LLC Subs: University of Texas at Austin, SpecTIR LLC, GeoTech, Xcalibur	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/CM/Large-Scale Storage
2025-07-25	Grid Resilience Grants (382.32 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper (SC); Sub: Laurens Commission of Public Works	Multiple sites, SC	GDO
2025-07-31	MGN B26-G51 Video Conference Center Refresh (369.2 KB)	NETL Morgantown	Morgantown, WV	FECM
2025-08-21	Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs with Energy Storage and Floating Solar (242.17 KB)	Prime: Orlando Utilities Commission Sub: Royal Oak Village Plaza	Orlando, FL	EERE
2025-09-02	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Lea County Electric Cooperative (369.05 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy; Sub: Lea County Electric Cooperative	Lovington and Tatum, NM	GDO
2025-09-10	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Springer Electric Cooperative (383.06 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Springer Electric Cooperative	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, and Union Counties, NM	GDO
2025-09-24	Raft River Substation Protective Device Upgrade and Distribution Feeder Project (381.42 KB)	Prime: Executive Office of the State of Idaho; Sub: Raft River Electric Co-op Inc.	Multiple Sites, ID	GDO
2025-10-09	Aging Infrastructure Replacement and Vegetation Management (390.59 KB)	Prime: Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Sub: City Utilities of Springfield, MO	Springfield, MO	GDO
2025-10-28	Grid Resilience - CUC SCADA Modernization Project (410.6 KB)	Commonwealth Utilities Corporation	Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	GDO
2025-10-29	Pittsburgh Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry Lab (386.86 KB)	Douglas Kauffman	Pittsburgh, PA	FE
2025-12-05	Smart Technology for Advanced Resilient Transmission (START) (396.55 KB)	Prime: Georgia Transmission Corporation; Sub: Arizona Electric Power Cooperative	Cochise County, AZ	GDO
2025-12-12	Warm Springs Project (411.17 KB)	Prime: Nevada Governor's Office of Energy; Sub: Nevada Rural Electric Association/OPD5	Moapa, NV	GDO
2026-01-13	Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Beartooth Electric (359.37 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Beartooth Electric	East Rosebud Lake Community, Carbon Cty, MT	GDO
2025-12-23	Kauai Wildfire Mitigation (417.15 KB)	Prime: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i; Sub: Kauai Island Utility Cooperative	Kauai, HI	OE
2026-01-12	Lake Country Power Minnesota Resilience Project (399.71 KB)	Prime: Minnesota Department of Commerce; Subs: Lake Country Power	Multiple sites, MN	GDO
2026-02-06	Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative/Black Hills Electric Cooperative (405.19 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy; Subs: Rushmore Electric - Black Hills Electric Cooperative	Rockerville, SD	GDO
2026-02-20	Solid State “PowerHub generation II” Development and Demonstration (417.17 KB)	Prime: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Subs: Xcel Energy, Southern California Edison, Memphis Light Gas and Water Division, Solid State Power LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE
2026-01-21	Novel Amine Carbon Dioxide Capture Sorbents (405.83 KB)	NETL Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	HGEO
2026-03-12	Installation of AMI System Across REC's Service Territory (416.95 KB)	Prime: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; Sub: TBD	Multiple sites, VA	OE
2026-03-30	SCADA System Design and Installation Project (403.85 KB)	Prime: Texas Division of Emergency Management; Sub: City of La Grange	La Grange, TX	OE
2026-04-10	INNEC Electrical Micro-grid Resilience Project (389.04 KB)	Iliamna Native Limited	Iliamna Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	OE
2026-04-22	Data Center Flexibility as a Grid Enhancing Technology (382.67 KB)	Prime: Virginia Department of Energy; Subs: Grace Complex, Iron Mountain	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE
2026-04-28	Strengthening the Grid: Duncannon Recloser Deployment Initiative (392.99 KB)	Prime: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Sub: Borough of Duncannon	Duncannon, PA	OE
2023-01-13	Oakland U Cybersecurity Center (165.14 KB)	Prime: Automation Alley Subs: Oakland University	Multiple Sites, Michigan	FECM/TDC/EDS/R&D Team
2023-02-01	Improved Microalgal Carbon Utilization Efficiency via CO2 Electro-conversion (164.3 KB)	Prime: Dioxide Materials Subs: NREL, Algix, AZCati	Multiple states, Multiple sites	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-03-01	Non-Catalytic Pyrolysis of Associated Gas to Zero-CO2 Hydrogen (148.43 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota Subs: H-Quest Vanguard Inc	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-03-10	Amine Infused ePTFE/SiO2 Laminate Structured Sorbents as an Advanced Direct Air Capture of CO2 (180.45 KB)	Prime: Georgia Tech Research Corporation Sub: W. L. Gore and Associates	Atlanta, GA Elkton, MD	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-02-12	Enabling CO2 Isothermal Compression Using Liquid Piston within Integrated Gas Cooler (206.67 KB)	Prime: University of Maryland Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/EEM/Facility and Workforce Assistance
2023-04-09	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (217.06 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Subs: Town Hall, St. Paul, VA	St. Paul, VA	FECM/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-04-23	EV Market Stimulation in Divested Economies (217.23 KB)	Prime: Metropolitan Energy Center Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/EEM/Facility and Workforce Assistance
2023-05-05	Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials (209.59 KB)	Penn State University	University Park, PA	FE/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-05-23	Advancing a Low-Temperature, Low-Cost DAC System Based on Organic Chemistry (185.66 KB)	Prime: The Holocene Group Sub: Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Knoxville, TN;Oak Ridge, TN	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion
2023-06-08	B34 Advanced Alloy Service Center Renovation (170.05 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Albany, OR	FECM/LOC/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-06-06	Advancing Climate and Innovation Goals of Memphis and Shelby County: Electrification of Key Fleet Vehicles (216.26 KB)	Shelby County Government	Memphis, TN	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-06-23	The Oxiperator for Methane Slip from Lean Burn Gas Engines and Much More (204.48 KB)	Prime: Prabhu Energy Labs Subs: Carnegie Mellon Univ, Colorado State Univ, Univ of California Davis, Imperial Machine & Tool, America Bureau of Shipping, Prabhu Energy Lab, CZero	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-07-07	CarbonSAFE Phase II-Storage Complex Feasibility: Coastal Bend Offshore Carbon Storage (238.84 KB)	Prime: Port of Corpus Christi Subs: Gulf Coast Carbon Center-BEG; Strategic Sequestration Development LLC; Trimeric Corporation; Geostock Sandia; TDI-Brooks International; Geophysical Consultants Ltd; Return Carbon; MRSW; Frontline Group; 1845 Carbon St	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-07-06	Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP) (216.44 KB)	Forth	Multiple sites, multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-07-21	Northeast Electric Highways Study (200.47 KB)	Prime: National Grid Subs: MultiplePrime: National Grid Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration - EEMS
2023-08-03	EV Smart Communities (201.88 KB)	Prime: Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-08-14	Central Appalachian Partnership for Carbon Storage Deployment (174.07 KB)	Prime: Pennsylvania Geological Survey Subs: WV Economic and Geological Survey, PA Geological Survey, Battelle Memorial Institute	Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown, WV; Middletown, PA; Columbus, OH	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Management
2023-08-29	Polar Bear SM – Innovative Capture of Storage Tank Vapors (494.19 KB)	UNDEERC	Multiple, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-08-30	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (217.06 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Sub: South Riding, Loudoun, VA	Loudoun, VA	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-09-25	Modular Integrated System for Carbon-Neutral Methanol Synthesis Using Direct Air Capture and Carbon-Free Hydrogen Production (754.96 KB)	Prime: West Virginia University Subs: Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Morgantown, WV; Oak Ridge, TN	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-10-12	An Integrated Technology Demonstration of Continuous Passive Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Green Methanol Production (175.99 KB)	Prime: Research Triangle Institute Subs: Electric Power Research Institute; Creare, LLC	Multiple sites, multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-10-19	X-Ray Diffractometer Laboratory (168.79 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/MEM/Materials Characterization Team