The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) will conduct a public hearing regarding the submittal of its application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid program created under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Information about the federal opportunity can be found at: Section 40101(d) Formula Grants to States & Indian Tribes | netl.doe.gov. 

GEFA intends to issue subawards to improve the resilience of the electric grid based on the criteria included in the state application. A draft program narrative is now available for public review and comment. The purpose of the hearing is to accept public comments on the proposed approach for setting the criteria, methods GEFA anticipates using to make awards to eligible entities, and the proposed funding distributions and recipients of the subawards.

The hearing will be held virtually on March 15, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Interested participants will be able to give public comment by Zoom or call in at:

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Meeting ID: 873 4961 3464

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Written comments should be mailed to GEFA, Energy Resources Division, 47 Trinity Ave SW, Fifth Floor Atlanta, GA 30334. Electronic comments can be emailed to [email protected].  All comments will be received until March 17, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.

A copy of the draft program narrative is available at gefa.georgia.gov. Please call 404-584-1000 for additional information.