{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://raskin.house.gov/2023/9/maryland-delegation-announces-8-7-million-for-statewide-power-grid-resiliency", "Maryland Delegation Announces $8.7 Million for Statewide Power Grid Resiliency", "2023-09-07", "2023", "2023-09", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Jamie Raskin", "R000606", "raskin.house.gov", "raskin", "https://raskin.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $8,790,108 in federal funding for the Maryland Energy Administration to modernize the state\u2019s power grid and invest in clean energy.\n\nThe funding, authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, was made available through the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants Program. The Maryland Energy Administration will distribute the funds to localities after holding a competitive selection process to identify critical projects that improve the resiliency and reliability of the power grid, invest in renewable carbon-neutral energy technologies and enhance clean energy workforce development.\n\n\u201cAn outdated power grid not only drives up costs for taxpayers, but it also undermines our readiness in times of emergency and threatens our national security. That\u2019s why we fought to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and deliver these funds to provide a safer, more reliable grid system that will withstand the test of time and climate change,\u201d said the lawmakers. \u201cAs severe weather events increase across Maryland and nationwide, this funding will give us a much-needed head start on increasing our resiliency while simultaneously investing in technology that will reduce our emissions.\u201d\n\nThe award total was based on a formula that considers population size, land area, probability and severity of disruptive events, and states\u2019 historical expenditures on mitigation efforts. To date, the U.S. Department of Energy has distributed more than $580.5 million in funding nationwide through the program.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:35:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://raskin.house.gov/2023/9/maryland-delegation-announces-8-7-million-for-statewide-power-grid-resiliency"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9020040743052959, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}