On October 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity announced approximately $967 million in formula funds for its final national allocation to the 40101(d) Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant Program. Ranking third among all state allocations, the State of Alaska has been allocated approximately $32.8 million under this final allocation, $12.8 million more than AEA had initially anticipated. AEA is currently working with its federal partners to secure all $32.8 million in federal funds made available via a timely application, while also ensuring continued compliance with all programmatic and administrative requirements. In continuity with past funds received under the Program, AEA plans to issue a third and final Request for Applications (RFA) to deploy these federal funds in support of competitively selected projects focusing on grid resilience efforts. The timing of this solicitation has not yet been determined at this time. Prospective applicants are asked to continue monitoring this webpage for future program updates. For more information on this new funding announcement, click here.
The Grid Resilience Formula Grant Program, funded through Section 40101(d) Formula Grants to States & Indian Tribes of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), is administered, for those program allocations to the State of Alaska, through the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) as designated by Governor Mike Dunleavy. This national program provides $2.5 billion in formula grants to States and Indian Tribes to improve electric grid infrastructure resiliency against disruptive events. AEA’s administration of the Program is exclusive to those Federal allocations to the State of Alaska over the Program’s five-year funding period; Alaska’s Tribal entities have been allocated their funding directly under the Program. AEA plans to issue a third and final Request for Applications (RFA) to deploy the recently announced $32.8 million federal funding allocation for Federal Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026 following a similar format and scope as previous solicitations to solicit and competitively select eligible projects for funding under the Program.
To date, the State of Alaska has been awarded $39.8 million under the Grid Resilience Formula Grant Program. Through AEA's two Requests for Applications (RFAs), issued in January 2024 and June 2025, respectively, six projects have been selected for funding. Information on those funded projects is available via the projects map link below.
All information related to AEA’s 2025 RFA is posted below. Please refer to the 2025 RFA and accompanying supplemental documentation for details relating to the Program.
Please be advised that any and all amendments/changes to the RFA and/or related forms will be posted on this website.
For applicants who submit a full application to this RFA, AEA and/or DOE may contact such applicants with additional questions and/or matters of clarification as part of the review and evaluation.