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DOE Signs Contract with Jamestown Board of Public Utilities for Microgrid, Resiliency Upgrades

By District Energy posted 30 days ago

  

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Summary

The United States Department of Energy has awarded and signed a contract with New York-based public power utility Jamestown Board of Public Utilities to finalize an agreement for $17,377,034 in grant funding to create a microgrid and install associated resiliency upgrades in Jamestown with a start date of October 1, 2024.

After the DOE selected the project for possible funding in late 2023, contract negotiations have now been completed, and work is authorized to begin in the Greater Jamestown community.

The funds will advance the “Jamestown Community Microgrid Project,” with the BPU providing a $5,792,648 match. Within five years, the project will deploy a microgrid with electric vehicle charging, energy storage and underground cabling replacement.

If an emergency occurs outside BPU territory to cut power to the utility’s service area, the microgrid system, utilizing the utility’s existing gas turbine, its network of underground circuits, the District Heating system and the addition of a black start battery storage system, will enable the core area of Downtown Jamestown to remain up and running with both electric and thermal service.

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