Closed · DE-FOA-0003605 · CFDA 81.255 · Discretionary
Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization
Federal grant opportunity posted by Golden Field Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$70M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 11, 2026
- Close date
- 10
- Expected awards
The verdict
Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization is a closed discretionary listing from Golden Field Office that offered $1 -- $70,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 839 other opportunities from Golden Field Office.
- $1-$70M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 10
- expected awards
- 81.255
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on February 11, 2026. CFDA 81.255 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1 -- $70,000,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed February 11, 2026
Expected Awards
10
Instrument
Other
Cost Sharing
Required
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.
Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door
The eligibility set for Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning a… includes a for-profit door among 9 printed types (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +5 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Energy (EN). Inside Golden Field Office's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
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