Mayor Bowser Announces a New Microgrid at St. Elizabeths East to Increase Resiliency and Reliability
Date Released:
Wed, 04/27/2022
(Washington, DC) Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser is celebrating a new project to enhance community resilience in Ward 8. The DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), in partnership with the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), the Office of Unified Communications (OUC), the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE), and the Department of General Services (DGS) were awarded nearly $20 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to design and construct a microgrid at the St.
