A $249 million federal grant to Georgia aims to prevent power outages and store electricity on the grid.
The money was granted to a state agency, which will pass it to entities owned by electric cooperatives. The grant was announced Wednesday in Locust Grove, south of Atlanta, by U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
The money comes from the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program, a $10.5 billion slice of the $1.2 trillion that Congress approved in 2021 as part of an infrastructure law. Officials on Wednesday announced $3.46 billion for 58 projects across 44 states.
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