Opportunity Title:
Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance (RMUC) Program
Funder/Agency:
DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
Opportunity Number:
DE-FOA-0002986
Description:
Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $70 million funding opportunity to enhance the cybersecurity posture of electric cooperative, municipal, and small investor-owned utilities.
The RMUC program aims to fund projects in the following three topic areas:
Support investments in cybersecurity technologies, tools, training, and improvements in processes and procedures for eligible electric utilities to improve their cybersecurity posture;
Strengthen the peer-to-peer and not-for-profit technical assistance ecosystem currently serving eligible electric utilities by providing funding for technology investments; and
Increase access to technical assistance and training for eligible utilities with limited cybersecurity resources by providing funding that will broaden the scope of products and services available.
There will be an informational webinar on 12/19.
Eligibility:
Competition, eligibility for award is restricted under this FOA per Topic Area as follows:
Topic Area 1:
(A) Rural electric cooperatives;
(B) Utilities owned by a political subdivision of a State, such as a municipally owned electric utility;
(C) Utilities owned by any agency, authority, corporation, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of a State;
(E) Investor-owned electric utilities that sell less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year.
Topic Areas 2 and 3:
All of the above
Not-for-profit entities that are in a partnership with not fewer than 6 entities described in (A), (B), or (C) above;
Award Details:
Total Amount Available:
$70,000,000
Maximum Award:
$2,000,000
Deadline:
Pre-Applications Due January 10, 2024
Full Applications Due April 24, 2024
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