Energy Resilience Construction Grants

This Request for Proposal (RFP) seeks qualified entities to design and construct projects that increase the resilience of Connecticut’s electric grid against extreme weather, wildfires, natural disasters, and other outage‑related events. Funding combines Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) §40101(d) formula money, state bond match funding, and Federal SEP BIL allocations, providing grant awards ranging from $10,000 up to $6 million, with a total pool of approximately $24 million statewide. • Scope: Planning, engineering, construction, and project management of grid‑resilience upgrades and distributed energy resource deployments. • Funding: Federal BIL formula, state bond match, and additional Federal SEP BIL funds. • Award size: $10 k – $6 M per project; total available ≈ $24 M. • Eligibility: Entities capable of delivering utility‑scale engineering, construction, and consulting services. • Deliverables: Detailed design documents, construction of resiliency infrastructure, monitoring, and evaluation reports. • Submission: Open to all vendors; pre‑bid conference held on September 3 2026 (optional). • Evaluation: Competitive selection based on technical merit, cost, and project impact.