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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2024-11-26	Cost Effective Cold Membrane Carbon Capture Enabled by NOx Abatement (352.42 KB)	Prime: American Air Liquide Inc. Subs: M. Davis & Sons, Inc.	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2024-12-13	Conversion of Algal Biomass for Low-Carbon Agricultural Bioproducts (389.33 KB)	Prime: Auburn University Subs: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DVO	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Conversion
2025-04-18	Storage Tank Emissions Assessment and Quantification (376.89 KB)	Prime: GTI Energy Subs: Colorado State University	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation & Methane Mitigation Technologies
2025-05-22	GRID Resilience Underground Lines Project at Bay Mart gas station (376.98 KB)	Prime: Bay Mills Indian Community Subs: None	Brimley, MI	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-06-13	GaN-Enabled Dual Multilevel Inverter Integrated Electric Drive System (450.09 KB)	Prime: General Motors, LLC Subs: None	Syracuse, NY	EERE/FAC/FA/Team A
2025-06-18	Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage Hub, Subtask 4.3 (390.5 KB)	Prime: Southern States Energy Board Subs: Projeo Corporation, Tenaska Sequestration Services, West Virginia University, West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, Ohio State University	Multiple Sites, Multiple States	FECM/TDC/CM/Large Scale Storage
2025-07-15	Meter Project 2 (381.59 KB)	Prime: Santee Cooper (SC); Subs: York Electric Cooperative	Multiple Sites, SC	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-07-24	Wildfire Mitigation and Grid Resilience Project (451.16 KB)	Prime: Executive Office of the State of Arizona, Governor's Office of Resiliency; Subs: Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative Inc., Trico Electric Cooperative, Navopache Electric Co-Op	Multiple Sites, AZ	GDO/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2025-07-30	SC Resilient (367.51 KB)	Prime: Kansas Corporation Commission; Subs: Sumner Cowley Electric Cooperative	Multiple Sites, KS	GDO
2025-08-14	Hardening of Power Lines for Reliability - Deployment Portion (378.47 KB)	Prime: PSC of Wisconsin Sub: Jackson Electric Cooperative	Knapp and Millston, WI	GDO
2025-08-27	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Midwest Electric (383.44 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy; Sub: Midwest Electric	Grant, Madrid, and Elsie, NE	GDO
2025-09-23	Inland Power and Light Recloser and Advanced Controls Project (382.49 KB)	Prime: Executive Office of the State of Idaho; Sub: Inland Power and Light Company	Bonner County, ID	GDO
2025-09-15	Polk Carbon Storage Complex (371.83 KB)	Prime: Tampa Electric Company Sub: Element Materials Technology	Houston, TX	FECM
2025-10-23	Cyber Attack Detection and Accommodation Technology Demonstration (394.43 KB)	GE Vernova Advanced Research	Salisbury, NC	CESER
2025-11-03	Clinica Family Health Lafayette BESS System - Pecos (383.33 KB)	Prime: Colorado Energy Office; Sub: Clinica Campesina Family Health Services	Denver, CO	GDO
2025-12-10	Elliot Substation Hardening and Advancement (410.27 KB)	Prime: Mississippi Development Authority; Sub: Monroe County Electric Power Association	Amory, MS	OE
2025-11-28	Geary County Infrastructure Upgrade Project (391.02 KB)	Prime: Kansas Corporation Commission; Sub: Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc., Inc.	Geary County, KS	GDO
2025-12-11	Prentiss County EPA Grid Hardening (410.28 KB)	Prime: Mississippi Development Authority; Sub: Prentiss County Electric Power Association (PCEPA)	Multiple sites, MS	OE
2025-12-12	Grid Sectionalization and Reliability Investments to Address Urgent Issues of Tree-Driven Power Outages in Rural Areas (419.87 KB)	Prime: Mississippi Development Authority; Sub: Southwest Mississippi Electric Power Association	Lorman, MS	OE
2026-01-21	Burke-Divide Kenaston Switchyard 60 kV Breaker Addition Project (411.6 KB)	Prime: North Dakota Industrial Commission Sub: Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Spencer Township, ND	GDO
2026-01-06	Undergrounding of Electric Distribution (403.47 KB)	Prime: Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Sub: Missouri Public Utility Alliance-Missouri Electric Commission (MPUA-MEC) - Macon Municipal Utilities	Macon, MO	OE
2026-01-27	Grid Resiliency Upgrades: Line Conversions and Microgrids (OH to UG Area 3) (422.4 KB)	EPB Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	GDO
2026-02-05	An Electrochemical Process to Enable the Domestic, Sustainable, and Economic Production of Copper and its Metal Co-Products (424.28 KB)	Still Bright, Inc.	Newark, NJ	HGEO
2026-02-24	Smart Technology for Advanced Resilient Transmission (START) (388.17 KB)	Prime: Georgia Transmission Corporation; Sub: Dairyland Power Cooperative	Multiple sites, Multiple states	GDO
2026-03-06	Wildfire Mitigation and Risk Reduction (382.02 KB)	Prime: Esource; Subs: Pacific Gas & Electric, Burbank Water and Power, Eugene Water and Electric Board, Inland Power and Light, Klickitat Public Utility District	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE
2026-03-17	Multi-Agency Household Battery Recycling Program Expansion (160.5 KB)	Prime: Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA); Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, NY	MESC
2026-04-02	Strengthening Norway’s Energy Future Project (409.39 KB)	Prime: Michigan EGLE Sub: City of Norway, MI Dept of Power & Light	Norway, MI	OE
2026-04-15	Building Grid Resilience to Mitigate Impacts of Extreme Weather in Port Arthur, TX (373.98 KB)	Prime: Entergy Texas, Inc.; Sub: Entergy Services, LLC	Port Arthur, TX	OE
2026-04-27	Georgetown Underground Initiative (388.9 KB)	Prime: Texas Division of Emergency Management; Sub: City of Georgetown	Georgetown, TX	OE
2026-04-28	Sectionalizing Switches (381.54 KB)	Prime: Illinois Finance Authority; Sub: Southern Illinois Power Cooperative	Multiple Counties, IL	OE
2023-02-10	Programmatic Collaboration and Coordination with State Energy Regulators (161.38 KB)	Prime: NARUC; Subs: Elevated Engagement LLC	East Lansing, MI	FECM/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2023-03-07	A Combined Water and CO2 Direct Air Capture System (154.28 KB)	IWVC Inc.	Bakersfield, CA	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-03-17	Uinta Basin CarbonSAFE II: Storage Complex Facility (231.14 KB)	Prime: University of Utah Sub: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-03-27	Clean Cities Coalition Network Outreach, Education, and Performance Tracking Program (203.79 KB)	Clean Cities Coalition	Multiple states, multiple sites	FECM/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-04-11	Critical Minerals in Coaly Strata of the Cherokee-Forest City Basin (181.7 KB)	Prime: University of Kansas; Subs: Osage Nation, Iowa Geological Survey, Missouri Geological Survey, Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Oklahoma Geological Survey	Atchinson, KS	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-04-26	Catalyst Science and Engineering Laboratory (168.89 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/MEM/Materials Characterization Team
2023-05-15	On-board Reformation Device for Methane Abatement from Gas Engines (178.25 KB)	Prime: Argonne National Laboratory Subs: University of Central Florida, Nexceris	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-05-30	Advanced Multi-Dimensional Capacitance Sensors Based Subsea Multiphase Mass Flow Meter to Measure and Monitor Offshore Enhan... (170.96 KB)	Prime: Tech 4 Imaging Sub: Accuflow	Columbus OH; Kern County, CA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-06-14	GUMBO: Guaranteeing Access to Underserved and Marginalized Populations by Building Employment Opportunities (201.04 KB)	Louisiana Clean Fuels	Baton Rouge, LA	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-06-20	Fiscal Year 2022 Vehicle Technologies Office Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (201.41 KB)	Prime: The Edwards Associates, Inc. Subs: Meissner, Lawrence Berkeley National :Laboratory, University of California - Berkeley	Multiple sites, CA	EE/TDC/EEM/Batteries and Battery Materials
2023-07-07	A Utility-Scale Plan for Accelerating the Deployment of Multi-Family EV Charging Infrastructure (200.16 KB)	Prime: ElectroTempo, Inc. Subs: MultiplePrime: ElectroTempo, Inc. Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Vehicle Electrification
2023-07-17	Michigan’s Vehicle Technology Transition Impact Project (MiVTTP) (201.33 KB)	Prime: University of Michigan Sub: Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities Prime: University of Michigan Sub: Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities	Multiple sites, MI	EE/TDC/EEM/Vehicle Electrification
2023-07-25	Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials (172.11 KB)	Prime: Penn State University Subs: Rosebud Mining, Alliance Coal	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-08-10	Colorado Clean Mobility Strategic Planning (200.81 KB)	Prime: CALSTART Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, CO	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-08-23	Roughrider Carbon Storage Hub (148.04 KB)	Prime: University of North Dakota EERC Subs: ONEOK, NESET Consulting Services	Multiple sites, Multiple states	Multiple sites, Multiple states
2023-09-05	Integrated and Sustainable Pathways for CO2 Capture and Mineralization (177.47 KB)	Prime: Cornell University Subs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Claude Bernard University Lyon; Novelis Inc.; Carbon To Stone	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion
2023-09-12	Direct Air Capture Center Laboratory (149.36 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	FECM/LOC/Facility Planning & Engineering
2023-09-26	Advancing Turbine Technologies for Relevant Inlet Temperature Profiles in the Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine (START) Lab (168.63 KB)	Prime: Pennsylvania State University Subs: Stantec Consulting Group, Pratt & Whitney, Herbert Rowland & Grubic Inc	Multiple states, Multiple sites	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-10-03	Chemical Looping Reactor (176.36 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/MEM/Thermal Science Team
2023-10-10	Methane Emissions Monitoring in the Delaware Portion of the Permian Basin of New Mexico and Texas (167.68 KB)	Penn State University	University Park, PA Carlsbad, NM	FECM/TDC/RS/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies