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Grants - AWARD SUMMARY


COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, TEXAS


U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Enhancing State Government Energy Assurance Capabilities and Planning for Smart Grid Resiliency Initiative (called the State Energy Assurance Program) focuses on developing new or refining existing plans to integrate new energy portfolios (such as renewables and biofuels), and new applications, such as Smart Grid technology, into a state's emergency preparedness plans. This program will help contribute to the resiliency of the energy sector, including the electricity grid, by focusing on the entire energy supply system, which includes refining, storage, and distribution of fossil and renewable fuels. DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) will administer this program. The EA Program will provide funding to update the Energy and Utilities portion, Annex L, of the State of Texas Emergency Management Plan (EMP). SECO will serve as the lead on the EA Program and will work in partnership, through sub-awards, with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). SECO, the PUC and the RRC will partner and coordinate with the following entities: the Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management (GDEM); the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT); the Southwest Power Pool (SPP); the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX); the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR); investor-owned utilities, power generation companies, municipal utilities, river authorities, and wind providers; and city, county, and federal government officials. This group will work collaboratively to update Annex L to the EMP as it relates to energy reliability in Texas. The updated EMP and newly implemented policies will: strengthen and expand state and local government energy assurance planning and resiliency efforts by incorporating response actions for new energy portfolios and Smart Grid applications, and build in-house state and local government energy assurance expertise.

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AWARD OVERVIEW

AWARD OVERVIEW
Award Number OE0000092 Funding Agency Department of Energy
Total Award Amount $2,432,068 Project Location - City Austin
Award Date 08/11/2009 Project Location - State TX
Project Status Completed Project Location - Zip 78711-0000
Jobs Reported 0.00 Congressional District 25
Project Location - Country US

Recipient Information (Grants)

Recipient Information (Grants)
Recipient Name COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, TEXAS
Recipient DUNS Number 808302327
Recipient Address 111 E 17TH ST RM 138
Recipient City AUSTIN
Recipient State Texas
Recipient Zip 78711-1440
Recipient Congressional District 25
Recipient Country USA
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials		 No

Projects and Jobs Information

Projects and Jobs Information
Project Title Recovery Act - Energy Assurance Planning - State of Texas
Project Status Completed
Final Project Report Submitted Yes
Project Activities Description Administration of Conservation Programs
Quarterly Activities/Project Description During the past quarter, the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) performed the final revisions to the Energy Assurance Plan (EAP) and the completed EAP was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy. That plan is designed to ensure all possible means of disrupting the energy supply systems in the state of Texas have been identified with contingency plans in place. That completed the last major deliverable agreed to under the grant and all deliverables have been successfully completed and submitted to DOE. Some additional deliverables spelled out under the Project Management Plan, were also submitted this quarter, including the digitized mapping of the state’s energy infrastructure, the Cyber Security Report and Energy Assurance Practices and Procedures within the RRC. Quanta Technology has completed its report for the PUC that is designed to help Texas utilities cope with severe weather incidents. The report, mandated by the Texas legislature following a protracted series of rolling blackouts in February, 2011, is one of the main reasons requests to extend this grant were approved by the U.S, Department of Energy. Quanta Technology looked at widespread generation outages associated with both extreme heat and extreme cold conditions. The PUC is expected to evaluate any potential rule changes that might be beneficial in averting potential outages due to severe weather. All of the deliverables were met, all of the money was spent, and the contract ended on December 31, 2012.
Jobs Created 0.00
Description of Jobs Created Engineer, Utility Specialist


Purchaser Information (Grants)

Purchaser Information
Contracting Office ID Not Reported
Contracting Office Name Not Available
Contracting Office Region Not Available
TAS Major Program 89-0328

Award Information

Award Information
Award Date 08/11/2009
Award Number OE0000092
Order Number
Award Type Grants
Funding Agency ID 89
Funding Agency Name Department of Energy
Funding Office Name Not Available
Awarding Agency ID 89
Awarding Agency Name Department of Energy
Amount of Award $2,432,068
Funds Invoiced/Received $2,432,068
Expenditure Amount $2,432,068
Infrastructure Expenditure Amount $0
Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Name Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Email Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Address Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact City Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact State Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip Not Reported

Product or Service Information (Grants)

Product or Service Information
Primary Activity Code 924120
Activity Description Administration of Conservation Programs

Sub-Awards Information

Sub-Awards Information
Sub-awards to Organizations 2
Sub-award Amounts to Organizations $2,367,747
Sub-Awards to Individuals 0
Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals $0
Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award 0
Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award $0
Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 0
Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award $0
Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award 11
Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award $11,656


Sub-Award Transactions

Sub-award CS0002 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS

Sub-Award Amount $1,487,458
Sub-Award Date 09/01/2009
Sub-Awards Disbursed $1,487,457.99
Project Location - City Austin
Project Location - State TX
Project Location - Zip Code 78701-1402
Project Location - Congressional District 25
Sub-Recipient DUNS Number 091824016
Sub-Recipient Address 1701 N CONGRESS AVE
Sub-Recipient City AUSTIN
Sub-Recipient State Texas
Sub-Recipient Zip Code 78701-1402
Sub-Recipient Congressional District 25
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials 		No

Sub-award CS0001 - TEXAS RAILROAD COMM

Sub-Award Amount $880,289
Sub-Award Date 09/01/2009
Sub-Awards Disbursed $880,289.41
Project Location - City Austin
Project Location - State TX
Project Location - Zip Code 78701-1402
Project Location - Congressional District 25
Sub-Recipient DUNS Number 028619182
Sub-Recipient Address 1701 N CONGRESS
Sub-Recipient City AUSTIN
Sub-Recipient State Texas
Sub-Recipient Zip Code 78701-1402
Sub-Recipient Congressional District 25
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials 		No





Project Location Detail

Location Information
Latitude, Longitude 30º 16' 42", -97º 44' 17"
Congressional District 25
Address 1 111 E. 17th Street
Address 2 LBJ Building
City Austin
County Travis
State TX
Zip 78711-0000
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