Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization
Agency: Golden Field Office
Assistance Listings: 81.255 -- Clean Energy Demonstrations
Description
DE-FOA-0003605 Restoring Reliability Coal Recommissioning and Modernization. The United States is confronting an urgent grid capacity crisis. DOE’s 2025 Grid Reliability Assessment (DOE/GR-2025-001) confirmed that coal retirements outpace other reliable, affordable, and secure generation resources. These challenges are especially acute in regions with constrained transmission and sustained load growth. In January 2025, Executive Order 14156 declared a national energy emergency, directing DOE and other federal agencies to use their full statutory authority to ensure reliable, affordable and secure generation resources.
...The operational strain created by the increasing penetration of intermittent renewables has forced thermal units to cycle beyond their designed parameters, accelerating wear and raising the risk of forced outages and blackouts. This reliability emergency coincides with surging demand from national defense installations, semiconductor fabrication, AI data centers, critical mineral processing, and industrial re-shoring, all of which require uninterrupted access to reliable, affordable and secure power.
Coal-fired generation assets, long central to U.S. energy security, retain valuable infrastructure make them uniquely positioned to deliver near-term reliability at scale. The recommissioning, retrofitting, and strategically repurposing these assets offers the fastest and most cost-effective path to restoring stability while supporting the nation’s industrial and security priorities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- County governments
- State governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- City or township governments
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Business
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
CCRM-BAA@hq.doe.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Closing: December 8, 2025
Award
$--
Program Funding
10
Expected awards
$1
Award Minimum
$70,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
DE-FOA-0003605
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Other
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Energy
Category Explanation:
History
Version:
3
Posted date:
October 3, 2025
Archive date:
January 8, 2026
