Department of Energy July 1, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the administration of an incentive prize competition titled ``Microgrid Competition.'' The goal of this Department of Energy Incentive Prize Competition is to support implementation of microgrids to enhance resiliency of the U.S. grid and to provide a cleaner and more efficient and cost-effective power system. The concept of this Competition originated from the Resilience Incentive Prizes Workshop that was sponsored by the Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to harness innovation and generate breakthroughs in energy infrastructure resilience and to help communities become more resilient to future events that may occur. The Competition is in further support of the DOE-led grand challenges to make the U.S. grid more resilient.