DOE Publishes RFI for University Aid to Grid Resiliency

Today the DOE’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) published a request for information in the Federal Register (87 FR 61008-61009) for “Capabilities of Universities and Private-Sector Firms for Providing Technical Assistance to States, U.S. Territories, Indian Tribes, and Other Eligible Entities To Enhance the Resilience of Electricity Delivery Systems”. The GDO is looking for information about “capabilities for providing assistance to States, U.S. Territories, Indian Tribes, and other eligible entities to enhance their ability to plan and implement strategies for improving the resilience of systems that deliver electric power.”

GDO is looking for information on technical assistance capabilities in the following areas:

• Forecasting methods and tools to determine customer electricity demand, the adoption of distributed energy resources, and weather/climate parameters at national, regional, and local levels.

• Risk assessment methods, tools, and processes to examine risks and their impacts on energy infrastructure, essential human services, and vulnerable populations to prioritize resilience investments.

• Modeling and simulation methods and tools to determine the severity and impact of threats on energy and electricity infrastructure at national, regional, and local levels.

• Methods and tools for multi-objective decision analysis to enable the prioritization of electric infrastructure investment options across a range of policy objectives.

• Methods and tools for addressing energy equity in the determination of resilience measures.

• Cost-effectiveness methods and tools to ascertain the appropriateness and benefit of infrastructure investments to aid decision-making.

There is no mention of cybersecurity concerns in this RFI.

GDO requests that interested parties provide responses by email (40101TA@hq.doe.gov) by November 21^st, 2022.