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Approved Categorical Exclusions

Date	Title	Recipient Name	Location	DOE NETL Sponsor
2025-09-02	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Lea County Electric Cooperative (369.05 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy; Sub: Lea County Electric Cooperative	Lovington and Tatum, NM	GDO
2025-09-10	Wildlife Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Springer Electric Cooperative (383.06 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Springer Electric Cooperative	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, and Union Counties, NM	GDO
2025-09-24	Raft River Substation Protective Device Upgrade and Distribution Feeder Project (381.42 KB)	Prime: Executive Office of the State of Idaho; Sub: Raft River Electric Co-op Inc.	Multiple Sites, ID	GDO
2025-10-09	Aging Infrastructure Replacement and Vegetation Management (390.59 KB)	Prime: Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Sub: City Utilities of Springfield, MO	Springfield, MO	GDO
2025-10-28	Grid Resilience - CUC SCADA Modernization Project (410.6 KB)	Commonwealth Utilities Corporation	Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	GDO
2025-10-29	Pittsburgh Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry Lab (386.86 KB)	Douglas Kauffman	Pittsburgh, PA	FE
2025-12-05	Smart Technology for Advanced Resilient Transmission (START) (396.55 KB)	Prime: Georgia Transmission Corporation; Sub: Arizona Electric Power Cooperative	Cochise County, AZ	GDO
2025-12-12	Warm Springs Project (411.17 KB)	Prime: Nevada Governor's Office of Energy; Sub: Nevada Rural Electric Association/OPD5	Moapa, NV	GDO
2026-01-13	Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) - Beartooth Electric (359.37 KB)	Prime: Holy Cross Energy Sub: Beartooth Electric	East Rosebud Lake Community, Carbon Cty, MT	GDO
2025-12-23	Kauai Wildfire Mitigation (417.15 KB)	Prime: Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai'i; Sub: Kauai Island Utility Cooperative	Kauai, HI	OE
2026-01-12	Development and Testing of Tagged Proppant for Fracture Conductivity Enhancement and Reservoir Characterization in EGS (380.84 KB)	Prime: The University of Oklahoma; Subs: Louisiana State University, University of Utah	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EERE
2026-02-06	Full-scale AC Solid-State Transformer (FASST) Demonstration (419.9 KB)	Prime: GE Vernova Advanced Research; Subs: Virginia Tech, Guam Power Authority (GPA)	Multiple sites, Multiple states and Guam	OE
2026-02-19	Resiliency Enhancements for Virginia Optimization and Vital Energy (REVIVE) (413.02 KB)	Prime: The Virginia Department of Energy; Sub: Kentucky Utilities-Old Dominion Power	Appalachia and Big Stone Gap, VA	OE
2026-03-04	FIREWISE (Fire Informed Resilience Enhancements With Intelligent Satellite Evaluation) - Satellite Monitoring (402.87 KB)	Prime: California Energy Commission; Sub: PacifiCorp	Multiple Counties, CA	OE
2026-03-12	Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (416.3 KB)	NETL Albany	Albany, OR	HGEO
2026-03-30	Three Phase at Bogard (410.63 KB)	Knik Tribe	Wasilla, AK	OE
2023-01-12	Modular reactor for co-generation of liquid chemicals and electricity (185.85 KB)	Prime: Kansas State University Subs: University of Oklahoma	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Integrated Carbon Managment
2023-01-31	Assortment of REEs and CMs in Coal and Coal Ash in U.S. Gulf Coast (221.58 KB)	University of Texas Austin	Austin, TX	FECM/TDC/RS/AR&MMT
2023-03-01	Wabash Hydrogen Negative Emissions Technology Demonstration (173.89 KB)	Prime: Wabash Valley Resources, LLC Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states, Italy, and the United Kingdom	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-03-10	3D Printed Engineered Structures for High Performance Direct Air Capture System (192.28 KB)	Prime: TDA Research; Subs: Missouri University Sci & Tech, Schlumberger	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal & Conversion Team
2023-03-24	Advanced Engineered Structures for High Performance Direct Air Capture System (206.79 KB)	Prime: TDA Research, Inc Sub: General Electric Research	Golden, CO Wheat Ridge, CO Niskayuna, NY	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-04-09	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (216.46 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Subs: CCBC - Essex Campus	Rosedale, MD	FECM/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-04-21	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (216.66 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Subs: Public Lot, Buena Vista, VA	Buena Vista, VA	FECM/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-05-11	Intelligent, Universal, Low-Cost Emissions Reduction Retrofit Kit for Industrial Engines (176.01 KB)	Prime: University of Oklahoma Subs: Kansas State University, Elipsa	Norman, OK, Manhattan, KS,Boston, MA	FECM/TDC/Resource Sustainability/Advanced Remediation and Methane Mitigation Technologies
2023-05-19	SAMMIE Laboratory (171.24 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/ECE/Thermal Sciences Team
2023-06-08	Engineering Scale Demonstration of the Mixed Salt Process for CO2 Capture (163.69 KB)	Prime: SRI International Subs: National Carbon Capture Center	Multiple sites, Multiple states, Norway, and Italy	FECM/TDC/Carbon Management/Point Source Carbon Capture
2023-06-06	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (216.46 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Subs: Town Hall, Middleburg, VA ( 3 locations)	Middleburg, VA	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-06-23	Programmatic Collaboration and Coordination with Public Power Utilities (OE) (170.75 KB)	American Public Power Association (APPA)	Arlington, VA	OE/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2023-07-07	Low-Pressure Development Combustor Laboratory (161.2 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/RIC/ECE/Thermal Sciences Team
2023-07-06	Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP) (216.46 KB)	Forth	Multiple sites, multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-07-21	Demonstrating Profitable and Permanent CO2 Utilization from Hard to Abate Sectors at Commercial Scale (164.03 KB)	Prime: CYG Nittany or CarbonBuilt Subs: MBCC, UCLAPrime: CYG Nittany or CarbonBuilt Subs: MBCC, UCLA	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-08-03	East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor (201.73 KB)	Prime: CALSTART, Inc. Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-08-14	Coal-derived Graphene Materials for Industrial Applications (177.57 KB)	Prime: Iowa State University Subs: University of Wyoming	Ames, IA; Laramie, WY	FECM/TDC/CM/Minerals Sustainability
2023-08-22	Transient Hydrogen-hybrid for Off-Road (THOR) (204.59 KB)	Prime: Caterpillar. Inc. Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Advanced Combustion and Materials
2023-08-30	Mid-Atlantic Electrification Partnership: An Electrification Ecosystem of Intermodal Leadership and Intercity Travel (217.18 KB)	Prime: VA Dept of Energy Sub: Lerner Corporation, McLean, VA (4 locations)	McLean, VA	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2023-07-28	Mafic Rock Mapping and Analysis for Carbon Mineralization (Subtask 3.2 - KCAC Mine) (17.94 MB)	Prime: University of Texas - Austin Subs: Columbia University - Lamont	Bellingham, WA; Castle Rock Springs, CA	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-09-27	Methanol from Integrated Direct Air Capture and Ceramic Electrolysis (MIDACE) (139.55 KB)	Prime: Washington State University Sub: Lehigh University, Arizona State University	Pullman, WA;Bethlehem, PA;Tempe, AZ	FECM/TDC/CM/CO2 Removal and Conversion
2023-10-10	Programmatic Collaboration and Coordination with State Energy Officials (OE) (133.81 KB)	Prime: National Association of State Energy Officials Sub: Exeter	Columbia, MD	FECM/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response & SLTT
2023-10-19	Design/Bid/Build Computational Sciences and Engineering Building (169.97 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Morgantown, WV	FECM/LOC/FO/Facility Planning and Engineering
2023-10-31	Supporting Communities and Industry for Mid-Atlantic Offshore Carbon Storage Hub (257.1 KB)	Prime: Battelle Memorial Institute Subs: Aker; CarbonVert; Holcim; Columbia University Lamont-Doherty; Maryland Geological Survey; Rutgers; TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company; TRC Environmental Corporation	Multiple sites, multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Carbon Transport & Storage
2023-11-15	Integrated Carbon-Neutral Methanol Production (171.07 KB)	Prime: University of Delaware; Sub: Washington University, Versogen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Newark, DE;St. Louis, MO;Newark, DE;Oak Ridge, TN	FECM/TDC/CM/Hydrogen with Carbon Management
2023-11-27	Programmatic Collaboration and Coordination with State Energy Officials (OE) (156.84 KB)	Prime: National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO); Sub: Strategen Consulting	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE/TDC/EDS/Infrastructure Response and SLTT
2023-12-08	Western Smart Regional Electric Vehicles Adoption and Infrastructure at Scale (212.36 KB)	Prime: PacifiCorp; Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2024-01-23	CyDERMS: Center for Cybersecurity & Resiliency of DERs and Microgrids-integrated Distribution Systems (171.62 KB)	Prime: Iowa State University Sub: Argonne National Laboratory; General Electric ; Michigan Technological University; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne; University of Minnesota	Multiple sites, Multiple states	CESER/TDC/EDS/Research and Development
2024-01-29	Design and Testing of Transformational Membrane Technology for CO2 Capture from Cement Gas (171.43 KB)	Prime: The Ohio State University Sub: GTI Energy; Zenith Purification LLC; Holcim (US) Inc; Trimeric	Multiple sites, Multiple states	FECM/TDC/CM/Point Source Carbon Capture
2024-02-07	Community Lighthouse Solar and Energy Storage Resilience (165.68 KB)	Prime: Together New Orleans; Sub: Together Lousiana, 127 Energy; Solar Alternatives; Strategen Consulting	Multiple sites, Multiple states	OE/TDC/EDS/Demonstration and Deployment
2024-02-09	Reaction Kinetics Laboratory (203.91 KB)	National Energy Technology Laboratory	Pittsburgh, PA	FECM/RIC/ECE/Reaction Engineering Team
2024-02-21	Johnson Controls Heat Pump Defense Production Act Program (206.94 KB)	Prime: York International DBA Johnson Controls, Inc.; Subs: None	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/HQ/MESC-20
2024-03-10	AI-Powered Autonomy-Aware Neighborhood Mobility Zones: Equitable Solutions and Business Models for Revamping Transportation (211.4 KB)	Prime: Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Technology Integration/EEMS
2024-03-20	Sustainable Circular Manufacturing of Automotive Composites (205.12 KB)	Prime: University of California, Berkeley Subs: Multiple	Multiple sites, Multiple states	EE/TDC/EEM/Vehicle Electrification