The Biden administration announced nearly $2 billion in funding to expand and protect the United States’s electrical grid, which is facing growing threats of blackouts and failure due to extreme weather and rising demand. 

The funding, enacted through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is set to go toward 38 projects across 42 states intended to strengthen the grid and increase its capacity as electrification, manufacturing, and data centers have caused energy demand to soar.