On June 25, 2009, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (“FOA”) to deploy over $4.15 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“Recovery Act”) to be used to fund smart grid projects. These funds are being deployed through two FOAs. The first FOA provides $3.4 billion to support the Smart Grid Investment Grant (“SGIG”) program and is related to projects that further one or more smart grid functions as listed in Section 1306(d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (“EISA”). The second FOA provides $615 million to support the Smart Grid Demonstration Program (“SGDP”) and is related to projects that demonstrate new and more cost-effective smart grid technologies.

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