WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for pumped storage hydropower projects. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is issuing, on behalf of the Water Power Technlogies Office (WPTO), this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 40334: Pumped Sto more ST