Rural Utilities Service | Electric
Program Overview
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Funds energy efficiency improvements to eligible generation and transmission systems, to purchase, build, or deploy renewable energy, zero-emission systems, carbon capture storage systems, or to purchase renewable energy Provides pass-through funding for energy efficiency and conservation projects for residential, commercial, and industrial consumers in rural areas Provides loans and loan guarantees to eligible developers of distributed energy projects that provide wholesale or retail electricity to existing USDA RD Electric Program borrowers, or to rural communities serviced by other utilities Finances the construction of electric distribution, transmission, and generation facilities so rural communities an access affordable, high- quality electric service
Energy project developers for
Program Type: Loans and loan guarantees Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzWc5
N/A
distributed energy projects, and USDA RD Electric Program borrowers or other utilities that serve rural areas Government organizations, federally recognized Tribes, nonprofits, cooperatives and limited dividend or mutual associations, for-profit corporations and LLCs Current or former Rural Utilities Service or former Rural Electrification Administration borrowers, rural electric cooperatives, and subsidiaries. Electric utility companies serving rural areas, existing Rural Utilities Service Electric Program borrowers
Distributed Generation Energy Project Financing
Areas served by an existing rural electric borrower in a city or town with a population of 20,000 or fewer N/A
Program Type: Loans and loan guarantees Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzWxc
Electric Infrastructure Loans and Loan Guarantees
Program Type: Loans and grants Website:
Empowering Rural America Program
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Rural areas with populations 20,000 and fewer.
Program Type: Loans Terms and Conditions: Repayment period is 15 years unless geothermal ground-loop source investments or technology have a longer lifespan. Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzWxP Program Type: Loan Terms and Conditions: Deferment terms vary, and are based on the principal balance of the existing loan. Website: https://go.usa.gov/xzWa2
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loans
Eligible communities can be combined into larger service areas
Helps current Rural Utilities Service borrowers make funds available to their consumers for energy conservation and renewable energy projects by deferring payment of principal and interest
Current Rural Utilities Service Electric Program borrowers with direct loans
N/A
Energy Resource Conservation Program
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