Kansas Public Power Communities Receive Funds for Grid Resiliency
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly recently announced that public power communities in the state will receive funding for energy grid resilience.
The overall more than $17 million investment, which will also provide funding to electric cooperatives, combines nearly $12 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s 40101(d) Grid Resilience Grant Program and more than $5.8 million in matching funds from the Kansas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund.
The public power community projects receiving grid resiliency funding are:
City of Garden City – Underground Conductor and Transformer Replacement
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- Build Kansas Funding – $302,590
- Federal Funding Awarded – $626,048
- Total Project – $928,638
City of Pratt – Substation Hardening
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- Build Kansas Funding – $1,034,551
- Federal Funding Awarded – $2,140,449
- Total Project – $3,175,000
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- Federal Funding Awarded – $414,627
- Total Project – $615,030
Holton Electric – Transformer and Feeder Circuit Improvements
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- Build Kansas Funding – $796,360
- Federal Funding Awarded – $1,647,640
- Total Project – $2,444,000
