Click the link to read the article on The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel website (Dennis Webb). Here’s an excerpt:
October 4, 2024
Grand Valley Power plans to use a federal grant of nearly $2 million to bury 4.1 miles of existing power line serving the Mesa Lakes area to reduce wildfire-related dangers and boost system reliability. The local not-for-profit rural electric cooperative has received $1,947,204 from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks project, or WARN. WARN funding comes from the department’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program created by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. Grand Valley Power is a member of a consortium of 38 electric co-ops and other rural utilities selected to receive federal funding through WARN, it said in a news release. It will provide matching funds for the Mesa Lakes project. It expects the work to begin in late spring after the winter snow has melted.