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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Rural Energy for America Program (CFDA 10.868) to Saint George Rooftop Solar, LLC on September 21, 2023. The grant will support the installation of renewable energy systems, such as solar panels, for the company's operations over a 2-year performance period ending on September 21, 2025. The REAP program provides funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses like...

The Town of St. George Water Department received a $131,600 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities program on September 26, 2022. The funding will support community facility improvements through September 26, 2025 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). Specifically, the grant funds will be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve essential community facilities that provide services to...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office awarded a $76,324,030 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) to modernize its distribution system in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The grant funding will be used to expand REC's utility fiber network, upgrade substations with security systems, deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and improve grid resilience and reliability. The project...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities awarded a $177,500 project grant to the Town of St. George Water Department on September 26, 2022 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant funding will support construction activities to improve community facilities and enable the essential service of drinking water provision for rural residents in South Carolina. Specifically, the Town of St. George Water Department will use the...

This Project Grant award of $227,882,710 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758). The funding supports clean energy initiatives by Inland Power & Light CO., a non-profit electric utility cooperative, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of its rural electric system in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Key products...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $166,838,360 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to the Southern California Edison Company (SCE) on January 1, 2025. The objective of this grant is to create a solid-state power substation by installing modular multi-level converters and a medium voltage direct current sub-transmission connection in Rosemead, California. This project aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $9,867,760 Project Grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to San Miguel Power Association, Inc. in Nucla, Colorado. The award, made on January 17, 2025, will support the cooperative's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of its rural electric infrastructure through initiatives such as energy efficiency improvements,...

This $36,034,716 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will fund a partnership between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a host transmission utility. The project aims to install an Automatic Power Factor Controller (APFC) device, the SmartValve, at an interregional grid tie to reduce tap changes and increase the control range of a Phase Shifting Transformer (PST) across a regional...

The federal Project Grant award of $190,250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758). The grant funding will assist the San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc., a non-profit electric cooperative in Texas, in reducing greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of their rural electric infrastructure. Approved initiatives may include...

The Department of Energy awarded a $9,860,152 Project Grant through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program to Mason County PUD #3, a local government utility in Shelton, Washington. The grant funding will be used to rebuild the Belfair substation, including creating a ring bus and installing a larger-capacity transformer. This infrastructure project aims to improve the reliability, resilience, and flexibility of the regional electric grid. The award...