Governor Kelly Announces More than $17M Investment for Energy Grid Resiliency

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced today that 11 Kansas communities have secured more than $17 million for energy grid resilience. This investment combines nearly $12 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) 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.

Included in the 11 Kansas projects receiving grid resiliency funding are:

City of Garden City – Underground Conductor and Transformer Replacement
Build Kansas Funding – $302,590
Federal Funding Awarded – $626,048
Total Project – $928,638

Victory Electric – South Dodge City Grid Resiliency
Build Kansas Funding – $715,395
Federal Funding Awarded – $1,480,129
Total Project – $2,195,524

Pioneer Electric Cooperative – Grid Resiliency, Vulnerability, and Innovation Initiative
Build Kansas Funding – $1,575,449
Federal Funding Awarded – $3,259,551
Total Project – $4,835,000

In addition to these awards, in recent months, the Build Kansas Fund has been used to leverage federal grant awards in the cities of Ozawkie, Manhattan, Russell, Concordia, Dodge City, Topeka, Nortonville, Ellsworth, Edgerton, Hutchinson, Independence; Coffey and Morton County; Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District; and the Salina Airport Authority. The combined total investment by the Build Kansas Fund in all projects is just over $28.5 million, which has resulted in federal grant awards of more than $44 million.