HELENA, Mont.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Last week, members of the North Plains Connector Utility Consortium gathered alongside federal and state officials, grid operators, community partners, and project stakeholders in Helena, Montana. The event commemorated the finalizing of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program award to the Montana Department of Commerce for the North Plains Connector Interregional Innovation project. The approximately $695 millio