The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the availability of up to $10 million in competitive grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs.
Sponsoring Agency: United States Department of Agriculture
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/06/2021
Size of the Fund: More than $1 Million
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the availability of up to $10 million in competitive grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs.
The grant funds may be used to acquire, construct, or improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities where the average annual residential expenditure for hoe energy exceeds 275% of the national average.
Eligible projects also include on-grid and off-grid renewable energy projects and the implementation of energy efficiency and energy conservation projects for eligible communities.
Priorities
• Projects that assist USDA High Poverty Areas;
• Projects that serve small rural communities;
• Projects that incorporate commercially proven waste heat recovery technology;
• Projects that result in not less than a 25 percent increase in energy efficiency for generation assets, this includes repowering aging diesel plants;
• Projects that address extraordinary circumstances affecting the eligible high energy cost community such as a disaster, imminent hazard, unserved areas, and other economic hardship; and
• Projects that serve Substantially Underserved Trust Areas.
Funding Information
The total amount of funds available for high energy cost grants under this notice is $10 million.
Eligibility Criteria
• Small businesses
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Individuals
• Special district governments
• State governments
• Private institutions of higher education
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• City or township governments
• Independent school districts
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Grants are for projects that serve an eligible community; grants are not for the benefit of individuals or a single business. Individuals may apply on behalf of entities not yet incorporated but award will not be made directly to individuals. Applicants must be located in the United States, a U.S. Territory or other area authorized by law to participate in programs of the Rural Utilities Service or under the Rural Electrification Act.
More information at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333294
Eligible Countries:
United States
