Grid Deployment Office - Other Direct Funding Mechanisms/Identified Transactions

GDO acts as a partner with states, Tribes, territories, industry, communities, and other energy sector stakeholders to deploy solutions to lower energy costs and improve grid reliability and resilience. It strives to work in strong partnership with those across the U.S. to support a robust generation, transmission, and distribution system, which is the backbone of the Nation’s economic, energy, and national security infrastructure. To facilitate these partnerships, GDO has several unique funding mechanisms and authorities through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. These include capacity contracts and public-private partnerships through the Transmission Facilitation Program; credit payments under the Civil Nuclear Credits Program; and incentive payments under the Hydropower Incentives Program. These funding mechanisms, generally referred to as "Identified Transactions," are not traditional financial assistance, nor do they meet the definition of a contract. Notwithstanding, all serve to stimulate the public purpose of a robust generation, transmission, and distribution system, which is the backbone of the Nation’s economic, energy, and national security infrastructure.