The purpose of this solicitation is to fund technology demonstration projects that validate the
performance and benefits of advanced grid technologies while informing future deployments.
These advanced grid technologies can be a combination of hardware and software solutions that
increase the capacity, visibility, flexibility, reliability, and/or resilience of grid assets as an
alternative to conventional infrastructure enhancements like construction of new lines in new
rights of way. Examples of advanced grid technologies1 include, but are not limited to, solid state
and hybrid transformers, advanced power flow controllers, and near-real-time measurement and
signaling of circuit and feeder capacity to distributed energy resources (DERs). This solicitation
supports the 2021-2025 EPIC Investment Plan’s strategic objective to create a more nimble grid
to maintain reliability as California transitions to 100 percent clean energy through the Grid
Modernization Initiative