CDBG-ELECTRICAL
Updates
The Territory’s CDBG – Electrical Action Plan to spend $67.6 million for the electrical power grid is published and the Authority is soliciting comments and feedback.
Federal Register Notice FR-6261-N-01 was issued June 22, 2021
What is CDBG-Electrical?
On April 10, 2018, HUD allocated nearly $28 billion in Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG–DR) funds appropriated by the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018. HUD allocated $10.03 billion for the purpose of addressing unmet needs from disasters that occurred n 2017; $2 billion for enhanced or improved electrical power systems in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; and $15.9 billion for mitigation activities. This notice governs he use of the $2 billion CDBG–DR allocation for enhanced or improved electrical power systems in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
CDBG-DR Programs’ Allocation Status
Disaster Recovery
$1,080,000,000
CDBG-DR - Mitigation
$774,188,000
CDBG-Electrical
$67, 653,000