Assistance to High Energy Cost Communities

Objective

The purpose of this grant program is to assure access to adequate and reliable energy services for persons in extremely high energy cost communities by providing financial assistance to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving the community.

Who Can Apply

• Unrestricted by Entity Type
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)

Eligible applicants include States, political subdivisions of States, for-profit and non-profit businesses, cooperatives, associations, organizations, and other entities organized under the laws of States, Indian tribes, tribal entities, and individuals. The governments and entities located in any U.S. Territory/possession or other area authorized by law to receive the services and programs of the Rural Utilities Service or the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, are also eligible.

Who Benefits

• Specific Restrictions Determined at NOFO Level

Projects must serve rural communities in which the annual average residential expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average. Energy cost eligibility benchmarks are included in the published Notice of Funding Availability.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

christopher.mclean@wdc.usda.gov
2027209545