Description
The Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) grant program is a discretionary grant program that provides funding to municipality or community-owned utilities to repair, rehabilitate, or replace their natural gas distribution pipeline systems. The grant program aims to reduce incidents and fatalities, avoid economic losses, and improve the safety and modernization of natural gas distribution infrastructure. The program has a total of $1 billion in grant funding over five years, with $200 million available per year.
Key aspects of the grant program include:
• Eligibility: Municipality or community-owned utilities are eligible to apply, but for-profit entities are not.
• Funding: The grant program provides funding for projects that repair, rehabilitate, or replace natural gas distribution pipeline systems, as well as for equipment acquisition.
• Application requirements: Applicants must submit a cover letter, project summary, project prioritization table, detailed project description, budget narrative, and other supporting documents.
• Evaluation criteria: Applications will be evaluated based on factors such as project need, feasibility, and impact on safety and modernization.