Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you operate or represent a municipality or community-owned gas utility, this program funds large-scale pipeline safety and modernization projects with up to $98M in grants.
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What this is
PHMSA's Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) program distributes $200 million annually ($1 billion total) to repair, rehabilitate, or replace natural gas distribution pipeline systems and acquire safety equipment. Eligible applicants are municipalities, community-owned utilities, special districts, tribes, nonprofits, and local governments—explicitly excluding for-profit entities. This is infrastructure-focused funding designed to reduce incidents, fatalities, and economic losses in gas distribution networks.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants are municipalities, county/city/township governments, special districts, federally recognized Native American tribes, community-owned utilities, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits. For-profit entities are explicitly ineligible. Applicants must own or operate natural gas distribution infrastructure.
Eligible applicant types
- Special district governments
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Full description — from the agency
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The law created the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) first ever infrastructure grant program. The Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) grant program is designated $200 million a year in grant funding with a total of $1 billion in grant funding over five years. The grant funding is to be made available to a municipality or community owned utility (not including for-profit entities) to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline systems or portions thereof, or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) to avoid economic losses.
Topics: natural gas infrastructure · pipeline safety · utility modernization · municipal grants · hazmat safety · gas distribution
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