{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/hawaii-delegation-applauds-179-million-department-energy-grants-improve", "Hawai\u02bbi Delegation Applauds $17.9 Million in Department of Energy Grants to Improve Renewable Energy Utilization and the Resilience of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s Power Systems", "2023-10-19", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Jill N. Tokuda", "T000487", "tokuda.house.gov", "tokuda", "https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases?PageNum_rs=9&", "scraper", "(Washington, D.C.)\u2013 Today, the Hawai\u02bbi congressional delegation applauded the news that the Department of Energy is awarding $3.5 billion in grants to 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across America, including $17.9 million to Hawai\u02bbi.\n\nThe Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program was a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Program accelerates the deployment of transformative projects that will help to ensure the reliability of the power sector\u2019s infrastructure, so that all communities have access to affordable, reliable, and clean electricity.\n\n\"Kaua\u2018i has been a leader in Hawai\u2018i when it comes to protecting ratepayers from energy disruptions and global market volatility,\u201d said Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02). This funding allows Kaua\u2018i to now take it to the next level and be a national leader when it comes to meeting and exceeding our renewable energy goals and providing cleaner, locally produced energy and economic cost savings.\"\n\n\u201cAs we work to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events, it\u2019s important that communities across the islands are equipped with reliable, resilient energy infrastructure,\u201d said Senator Hirono. \u201cThis funding will help strengthen the electrical grid in Hawaii and across the country, increasing access to affordable, renewable, and reliable electricity to better serve our communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur landmark infrastructure law continues to deliver for Hawai\u2018i. This new money will improve Hawai\u2018i\u2019s electrical infrastructure, making it safer, more reliable and resilient to climate change and extreme weather,\u201d said Senator Schatz.\n\n\u201cHawaii\u2019s isolated islands, where we cannot exchange power across interconnected grids like the continent, make it critical for each island to develop its own unique energy generation and distribution systems based on its own needs and resources\u201d, said Congressman Ed Case (HI-01). \u201cFederal demonstration and development grants like these are just what Congress\u2019 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law intended to assist next-generation energy systems to fit different circumstances around our country.\u201d\n\nAmong the awards, the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism will receive $16.3 million to utilize solar grid forming technology and $1.7 million to enable high penetration renewables with Synchronous Condenser Conversion Technology.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/hawaii-delegation-applauds-179-million-department-energy-grants-improve"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9855888783931732, "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"}