ACT 1 Prize 2023 (Phase 1): The ACT 1 Prize, announced August 30, 2023, is the first in a series of Prizes that will be offered under the RMUC Program. Competitors will have an opportunity to prepare submission packages that describe their resources, the need for improving their utility’s cybersecurity posture, and their commitment to participating in the ACT 1 Prize. Winning utilities in the Commitment Phase will receive cash prizes and technical assistance based on their commitment to improving their utility’s cybersecurity posture through investments in cybersecurity technologies, staff training, and improvements to governance processes.
DEADLINE: Applications are to be submitted by November 29, 2023. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants are rural electric cooperatives; utilities owned by political subdivisions; utilities owned by any agency, authority, corporation, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions; not-for-profit entities that are in a partnership with at least six entities described; or investor-owned electric utilities that sell fewer than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year
FOR MORE INFORMATION: [https://www.energy.gov/ceser/rural-and-municipal-utility-advances-cybersecurity-grant-and-technical-assistance-program]