Rural Electrification Loans and Loan Guarantees

Objective

This program is to provide lower cost financing for rural utilities to assure that people in eligible rural areas have access to electric services comparable in reliability and quality to the rest of the Nation and to assist electric utilities in implementation of demand-side management, energy efficiency and conservation programs and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems.

Who Can Apply

• Other

Rural electric cooperatives, public utility districts, municipalities, corporations, and other qualified power suppliers including those located in the U.S. Territories, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Who Benefits

• Consumer
• Rural

Persons, businesses, public bodies, tribal entities, and other entities in rural areas (as defined in program regulations) or those currently served through RUS electric loans. Rural areas are defined in the Rural Electrification Act and program regulations as any area of the United States, or eligible insular areas, other than a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants, or any area within a service area of an entity with an outstanding Rural Electrification Act loan on June 18, 2008.

Assistance Types

• Loan Guarantee
• Direct Loan

Program Contact

christopher.mclean@wdc.usda.gov
2027209545