(KAIR)--The cities of Horton and Holton are, combined, set to receive $4 million dollars in state and federal funding to make power-grid related improvements.

The two local cities are among a total of 11 Kansas communities receiving a portion of more than $17 million for energy grid resilience.

That's according to a release from the office of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, which explains the "investment combines nearly $12 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding from the U.S. Department of Energy-...Grid Resilience Grant Program and more than $5.8 million in matching funds from the Kansas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund."

Horton will see its funding used for a substation upgrade, with the city receiving $529,494 in Build Kansas Funding, and an additional $1 million-plus in federal funding, for a total of $1,625,000.

In Holton, the funds, totaling $2,444,000, are earmarked for transformer and feeder circuit improvements, with more than $796,000 awarded through Build Kansas Funding, while the additional $1,647,640 comes through federal funding.

Kelly, in the release, says the funding "ensures [Kansas]communities have the resources to build, operate, or maintain critical infrastructure.”

According to the release, the Build Kansas Fund has, in recent months, also been used to leverage grant awards in 13 cities, including, locally, Ozawkie and Nortonville.

The combined total investment by the Build Kansas Fund in all projects is just over $28.5 million, which has resulted in federal grant awards of more than $44 million.