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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2025-07-07	Wildfire and Extreme Weather Protection Program (359.89 KB)	Prime: Texas Division of Emergency Management; Subs: City Public Service Board (CPS Energy)	Multiple Sites, TX	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-07-18	Hydrogen and Critical Mineral Extraction from Fossil Fuels (389.81 KB)	Prime: West Virginia Office of Energy Subs: West Virginia University Research Corp.	Multiple Sites, WV	FECM/TDC/RS/Minerals Sustainability
2024-02-06	Maine Oyster Farm Electrification (228.03 KB)	Prime: AquaSupePower USA ;Sub: Maine Electric Boat Company	Multiple sites, ME	EERE
2025-07-28	Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage Hub, Subtask 4.2 (389.06 KB)	Prime: Southern States Energy Board Subs: Projeo Corp	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM
2025-08-21	Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs with Energy Storage and Floating Solar (235.82 KB)	Prime: Orlando Utilities Commission Sub: Orange County AnimalServices Building	Orlando, FL	EERE
2025-08-29	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - West Central Electric Cooperative (397.11 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy; Sub: West Central Electric Cooperative	Multiple sites, Haakon County, SD	GDO
2025-09-10	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Anza Electric Cooperative (404.17 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Anza Electric Cooperative	Mountain Center and Anza, Riverside Cty, CA	GDO
2025-09-24	United Electric Cooperative Grid Modernization and Resiliency Project (395.19 KB)	Prime: Executive Office of the State of Idaho; Sub: United Electric Cooperative Inc.	Multiple Sites, ID	GDO
2025-10-03	KEM Electric Cooperative Sectionalizing and Protective Devices Project (357.79 KB)	Prime: North Dakota Industrial Commission; Sub: KEM Electric Cooperative	Linton, ND	GDO
2025-10-28	McLean Electric Coop Dielectric Reclosers Upgrade Project (364.46 KB)	Prime: North Dakota Industrial Commission; Sub: McLean Electric Cooperative, Inc.	McLean County, ND	GDO
2025-11-10	Arbor View Battery Storage Resilience Project (384.99 KB)	Prime: District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment; Sub: Enterprise Community Development	Washington, DC	GDO
2025-12-05	Smart Technology for Advanced Resilient Transmission (START) (400.07 KB)	Prime: Georgia Transmission Corporation; Sub: Arizona Electric Power Cooperative	Pima County, AZ	GDO
2025-11-17	Cyber Attack Detection and Accommodation Technology Demonstration (383.38 KB)	GE Vernova Advanced Research	Sibley, IL	CESER
2025-12-12	MWP Pescio to Railroad Valley (410.36 KB)	Prime: Nevada Governor's Office of Energy; Sub: Nevada Rural Electric Association/Mt Wheeler Power	Ely, NV	GDO
2026-01-13	Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Big Horn Rural Electric Company (377.36 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Big Horn Rural Electric Company	Big Horn, Wyoming, and Washakie Counties, WY (NE of Ten Sleep, WY)	GDO
2025-12-19	Verendrye Electric Cooperative Ryder-Rader Overhead to Underground (387 KB)	Prime: North Dakota Industrial Commission Sub: Verendrye Electric Cooperative	Ryder, ND	GDO
2026-01-12	Pole Inventory and Replacement (392.76 KB)	Prime: Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Sub: Missouri Public Utility Alliance-Missouri Electric Commission (MPUA-MEC)	West Plains, MO	OE
2026-02-05	Electric Grid Resilience & Stabilization (429.82 KB)	Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) - Genera Puerto Rico	Toa Baja, Cataño, Guaynabo, and San Juan, Puerto Rico	OE
2026-02-19	NETL-MGN Fenced Storage Area Replacement (MOSF0013) (431.97 KB)	NETL Morgantown	Morgantown, WV	FE
2026-03-04	FIREWISE (Fire Informed Resilience Enhancements With Intelligent Satellite Evaluation) - 8G65 Rebuild (388.93 KB)	Prime: California Energy Commission; Sub: PacifiCorp	Klamath County, CA	OE
2026-03-11	Echo Sands Community Resilience (394.75 KB)	Prime: California Energy Commission; Sub: Imperial Irrigation District	Winterhaven, CA	OE
2026-03-30	MiEnergy Recloser Replacement Project (393 KB)	Prime: Iowa Economic Development Authority; Sub: MiEnergy Cooperative	Multiple Counties, IA	OE
2026-04-09	BIL: Three-Part Wildfire Damage Mitigation Project (437.63 KB)	Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative	Southwestern Mora County, NM	OE
2026-04-20	Town of Eatonville Mashel Prairie Substation Connection Project (387.12 KB)	Prime: Washington State Department of Commerce; Sub: Town of Eatonville, WA	Eatonville, WA	OE
2026-04-28	Lansing Underground Electric Resilience (410.01 KB)	Prime: Michigan EGLE; Sub: Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL)	Lansing, MI	OE
2023-01-12	Cultivation-Ready Improved Algae Strains (CRIAS) for Increased Carbon Utilization Efficiency (200.08 KB)	Prime: MicroBio Engineering Subs: New Mexico State University, California Polytechnic State University, Heliae Development, Los Alamos National Laboratory	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-01-31	Direct Air Capture (178.26 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	FECM/RIC/ECE/Reaction Engineering Team
2023-02-28	Resource Assessment of Industrial Wastes for CO2 Mineralization (149.3 KB)	Prime: Univerisity of North Dakota Subs: Evergex	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-03-09	Algal Biorefinery Conversion of Utility CO2 to High-Value Products (ABC-UC) (228.54 KB)	Prime: Colorado State University; Subs: University of Wyoming, Living Ink Technologies, Wyoming Integrated Test Facility	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-03-24	CO2 Mineralization for Coproduction of Value-Added Carbonate and Fertilizers (174.3 KB)	University of Illinois	Champaign, IL	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-04-09	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (216.84 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy; Subs: University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, VA	FECM/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-04-19	Integrated Bench-Scale Testing of a Structured Sorbent for Direct Air Capture (158.18 KB)	Susteon Inc.	Cary, NC	FECM/TDC/CM/Removal and Conversion
2023-05-10	The Oxiperator for Methane Slip from Lean Burn Gas Engines and Much More (178.72 KB)	Prime: Prabhu Energy Labs Subs: Carnegie Mellon Univ, Colorado State Univ, Univ of California Davis, Imperial Machine & Tool, America Bureau of Shipping, Prabhu Energy Lab	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-05-19	Polar Bear SM – Innovative Capture of Storage Tank Vapors (187.16 KB)	UNDEERC	Grand Forks, ND	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-06-07	Comprehensive Top-down and Bottom-up Estimation of Annual Basin-wide Methane Emissions from the San Joaquin Valley... (195.38 KB)	Prime: Sonoma Technologies Sub: FluxSense Inc, University of California Riverside, University of Colorado Boulder, GHG Sat Inc .	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-06-22	Simulated Based Engineering User Center (SBEUC) (233.29 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/CSE/Advanced Computing & AI Team
2023-06-22	Ruggedized Mobile Fast Charger for Off-Road Vehicles (207.14 KB)	Prime: Deere & Company Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Vehicle Electrification
2023-07-06	Emergency Shower and Eyewash Upgrades (186.03 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	LOC/FO/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-07-14	Concurrent Learning Cyber-Physical Framework for Resilient Electric Power System (CyberPREPS) (169.15 KB)	Prime: Florida State University; Subs: GE Global Research Center, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Nhu Energy; Prime: Florida State University; Subs: GE Global Research Center, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Nhu Energy	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/EDS/Research & Development
2023-07-20	Medium Duty Off-Road DME Engine Achieving High Efficiency and Ultra Low Emissions (208.96 KB)	Prime: University of Michigan Subs: Sandia National Laboratory, Stanadyne LLCPrime: University of Michigan Subs: Sandia National Laboratory, Stanadyne LLC	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Advanced Combustion and Materials
2023-08-03	Optimization and Scale-up of Molecular-Sieve Membranes with Record Air Separation Performance (137.84 KB)	Prime: Osmoses, Inc Subs: Gas Technology Institute	Cambridge, MA Des Plaines, IL	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-08-14	Mitchell CarbonSAFE Phase II (146.3 KB)	Prime: University of Illinois Subs: Heidelberg Cement AG, Projeo Corporation, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Trimeric Corporation, Illinois State University, Gnarly Tree Sustainability Institute	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-08-22	Assuring Equitable Access and Building Technical Capacity for Transportation Decarbonization among Native Nations in Washington (201.68 KB)	Prime: Washington State University Subs: None	Olympia, WA	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-08-30	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (217.06 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Sub: City of Frederick, MD (4 locations)	Frederick, MD	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-07-21	Subsurface Seismic Structural Characterization of the Hogback Monocline (152.43 KB)	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	San Juan Basin, NM	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-09-27	Hydrolytic Softening for Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (177.63 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota - EERC Sub: Carbon Blue	Grand Forks, ND; Tel Aviv, Israel	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-10-12	Optimizing the Integration of Aquaculture and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement for Low-cost Carbon Removal and Maximum Ecosystem Ben (274.45 KB)	Prime: Ebb Carbon Sub: University of Washington, American University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	San Carlos, CA Friday Harbor, WA Washington, DC Richland, WA	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-10-17	Microscopy Laboratory (176.54 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/MEM/Materials Characterization Team
2023-11-13	DOE/NARUC Natural Gas Partnership (181.89 KB)	Prime: NARUC Sub: The Brattle GroupPrime: NARUC Sub: The Brattle Group	Washington, DC	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-11-29	State of Alaska Initiative to Create a Statewide CCUS Database (257.07 KB)	Prime: Alaska DNR Sub: Alaska Resource Education; Alaska Center for Energy & Power; Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Center; Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey	Multiple sites, AK	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage