President Biden will visit Florida on Sunday to personally assess the damage caused by Hurricane Milton and announce the allocation of $612 million to six Department of Energy projects in areas affected by Hurricanes Milton and Helen. .
Two Florida-based companies will receive $94 million to help upgrade the region's power grid.
About 300,000 Floridians remain without power, according to the state. FPL Outage Tracker. Local officials hope the new funding will bring relief to areas devastated by tornadoes and thunderstorms.
Gainesville Area Power Company will receive $47 million to spearhead the response in north central Florida by distributing self-healing equipment and tools that will allow local teams to more accurately dispatch linemen. We want to restore the energy grid more quickly.
Switched Source will receive matching funding for its partnership work with Florida Power and Light to deploy Phase-EQ, which optimizes power flow within electrical distribution circuits. This will increase the system's capacity by 200 MW and improve circuit reliability.
Department of Energy Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) Program is funding these long-term investments with the goal of better equipping the nation's power grid to withstand extreme weather conditions. The Ministry is also supporting four companies. additional projects This would affect states such as Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
The moves come as the Biden administration faces criticism, primarily from Republicans, for its response to two recent major storms.
