"CESER Supports DOE's $38 Million Funding Opportunity to Secure the Grid of the Future"
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a $38 million funding opportunity for National Laboratories in support of critical research and development priorities regarding developing an electricity grid that provides secure, resilient, flexible, sustainable, affordable, and equitable electricity. This Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) funding will be used to develop and support the deployment of concepts, tools, and technologies to improve national cybersecurity, better integrate all sources of electricity and energy storage, and more. GMI expects to make awards for projects on Cybersecurity for Architectures, Standards, and Practices (CASP), Quantum Facilities for Computing, Sensing, and Security (qFACSS), and other topics. The CASP project focuses on assessing and developing cybersecurity technical architectures, standards, and guidelines to protect the electric utility infrastructure during the transition to and operation on a decarbonized grid. The qFACSS project focuses on using existing and near-term quantum computing, sensing, and security technologies to address the grid's vulnerabilities and growing complexity. This article continues to discuss the initiative to secure the power grid.