"Wildfire Assessment and Resilience Networks (WARN)"

Wildfire Assessment and Resilience Networks (WARN) is a program that helps identify, assess, and mitigate wildfire risks. It supports Capital Electric Cooperative in enhancing system resilience, protecting infrastructure, and promoting safety for members and communities.

Capital Electric Cooperative (CEC) applied for infrastructure funding through the United States Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program.  

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Research division organized a consortium of electric cooperatives to be able to apply for over $99 million in GRIP funding which will support more than $145 million worth of projects at 38 rural, not-for-profit electric cooperatives across the western United States.  

NRECA Research’s Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) consortium included CEC’s request for $1 million in federal funding to convert a three-phase overhead distribution line to underground cable, located between the communities of Wilton and Regan, ND.  

The project aims to strengthen CEC’s distribution grid using proven methods and advanced technologies, with the aim of reducing wildfires and enhancing wildfire and weather resilience.

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Labor of Energy's Grid Depployment Office, Award Number DEGD0000885