Request for Information (RFI): Accelerating Speed to Power/Winning the Artificial Intelligence Race: Federal Action to Rapidly Expand Grid Capacity and Enable Electricity Demand Growth
- Posted
- October 21, 2025
- Closed
- November 21, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $2
- Award floor
- $1
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 81.254
- Category
- Energy
- Archives
- December 21, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.254 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $4.8B
- FY2026 obligated
- −$65.9M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 375
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: Department of Commerce Montana, State of California Energy Commission, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Utah Office of Energy Development
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, impacted communities and other stakeholders on issues related to gigawatt-scale generation and transmission investments driven by projected electricity demand growth from data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, semiconductor fabrication plants, and other large energy users that are outpacing the capacity of the existing electric grid.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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