- Solicitation Type
- Grant Funding Opportunity
- Solicitation Status
- Anticipated / Upcoming
- Release Date
- Proposed Timeframe Shown Below
Purpose
The California Energy Commission (CEC) announces the availability of up to $46,144,000 less any amounts prioritized for projects receiving federal funding that support eligible critical infrastructure pursuant to Senate Bill 105 (Weiner, Ch. 104, Statutes of 2025), for a competitive grant solicitation through the Proposition 4 (Prop 4) Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (DEBA) Grant Program. The intent of this solicitation is to support the deployment of new distributed energy resources (DERs) that can increase supply or reduce (or shift) load to improve the reliability of the state’s electrical grid and help avoid blackouts during extreme events.
Funded projects are expected to deploy new, commercially available, zero-emission DERs that provide capacity in the form of supply, load shifting, or load reduction that is incremental to the state’s Resource Adequacy (RA) supplies and existing Strategic Reliability Reserves. Successful projects are expected to execute agreements, begin deployment, and come online quickly to meet the encumbrance deadline (June 30, 2028) and liquidation deadline (June 30, 2030) and be responsive to immediate grid reliability needs. Projects are required to demonstrate incremental capacity and the ability to support grid reliability by selecting a performance pathway most appropriate to the proposed technology type(s).
Additional Information
Anticipated Release Date
September - October 2026
Estimated Funding Amount
UP to $46,144,000
(The actual available funding within the above range applicable for this competitive solicitation will be dependent on the outcome of the parallel DEBA direct award process conducted by the CEC pursuant to SB 105. The direct award process is expected to conclude prior to the release of this competitive solicitation.)