The Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE) awarded over $15 million in grants to local communities to support critical infrastructure upgrades that will strengthen the reliability and resilience of Nebraska’s electric grid. Awarded through the DWEE’s Grid Resilience Grant Program, the projects include the replacement of power poles and transformers, improving substations, installing stronger and more efficient transmission lines, and undergrounding of power lines. DWEE’s Grid Resilience Grant Program received federal funds through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Electric Grid/Hazard Hardening Program. More information on the funded projects can be found here.