# Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program (20.708)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated October 31, 2026.

Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program is run by Department of Transportation. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $784 million in 158 grants, about $5.0 million per award.

## Objectives

Grant funds will be made available to municipality or community owned utilities (not including for-profit entities) seeking assistance in repairing, rehabilitating, or replacing high-risk, actively leaking, or leak-prone natural gas distribution infrastructure or portions thereof or acquiring equipment to reduce incidents and fatalities and to avoid economic loss. This grant program also strives to create jobs; benefit both rural and urban communities with safe provision of natural gas; and remediate aged and failing natural gas distribution pipelines and distribution pipe prone to leakage.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $0 | 0 |
| 2022 | $0 | 0 |
| 2023 | $892,645 | 2 |
| 2024 | $196 million | 46 |
| 2025 | $587 million | 110 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| City of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $125 million |
| Richmond, City of | Virginia | $54.9 million |
| Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha | Nebraska | $35.2 million |
| City Utilities of Springfield | Missouri | $30.0 million |
| City of Donaldsonville | Louisiana | $30.0 million |
| City of Holyoke | Massachusetts | $21.9 million |
| City of Norwich Department of Public Utilities | Connecticut | $20.9 million |
| City of Westfield | Massachusetts | $17.3 million |
| City of Palo Alto | California | $16.5 million |
| Gas Utility District 2 of East Feliciana | Louisiana | $16.3 million |
| Commission of Public Works City of Laure | South Carolina | $15.6 million |
| City of Tallassee | Alabama | $15.2 million |
| City of Fulton | Kentucky | $12.9 million |
| City of New Albany | Mississippi | $12.0 million |
| Borough of Chambersburg | Pennsylvania | $10.8 million |
| Colorado Springs Utilities | Colorado | $10.3 million |
| City of Pensacola | Florida | $10.1 million |
| City of Danville, Virginia | Virginia | $10.1 million |
| City of Richmond Public Utilit | Virginia | $10.0 million |
| City of Milton | Florida | $10.0 million |