The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2.1 million Project Grant to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant will fund services to address extremely high energy costs in Anchorage, Alaska through May 2024. The Consortium will leverage the funding to deliver programs that help rural Alaskan communities reduce energy expenses. Given the program's focus on assisting areas with...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $974,000 Project Grant under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859) to the Puvurnaq Power Company, a tribally owned non-profit organization serving the rural Alaskan community of Kongiganak. The grant, awarded on August 16, 2024, supports a two-year project to address the community's exceptionally high residential energy costs through improvements to energy generation, transmission, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant through the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859) to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), a state government entity, on March 24, 2025. The funding will support a 2-year project to address energy infrastructure challenges and high residential energy costs in rural Alaskan communities. Key activities include improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $780,000 Project Grant under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859) to Nuvista Light & Electric Cooperative Inc., a non-profit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant, awarded on January 31, 2024, will fund technical assistance and the deployment of renewable energy solutions to address the extremely high energy costs faced by rural Alaskan communities. Key activities include...
This $2,800,000 federal Project Grant was awarded on October 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant recipient is Dena Nena Henash, doing business as Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), a non-profit Alaskan Native organization serving 42 rural communities across interior Alaska. The grant funding will be used by TCC to address the exceptionally high residential energy costs in...
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859) to Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, Inc. in Juneau, Alaska. The grant, which has a performance period from September 24, 2024 to September 24, 2026, will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable energy systems, and...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,200,076 Project Grant to TDX Manley Generating, LLC of Anchorage, AK under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities federal grant program (CFDA 10.859). The two-year award running from May 2022 to May 2024 will support the delivery of energy assistance services to rural communities in Alaska with extremely high energy costs. The grant funds will aid TDX Manley Generating, LLC in reducing energy costs for rural Alaskan...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5.9 million Project Grant to the Alaska Energy Authority doing business as Aidea under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities federal grant program (CFDA #10.859). The grant aims to provide assistance to rural Alaskan communities with extremely high energy costs through May 2024. As the parent organization of Aidea, the State of Alaska Office of the Governor will oversee delivery of cost-reduction services. Given...
The City of Nome, Alaska was awarded a $2,907,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant funding will be used to address energy infrastructure challenges and reduce exceptionally high residential energy costs in the Nome community. Key project activities include improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,265,809 Project Grant to the Akiachak Native Community on April 25, 2022 under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program. The grant will provide assistance to the rural Alaskan community of Akiachak, which faces extremely high energy costs, through April 25, 2024. Funding will support efforts to address Akiachak's high energy costs as intended under the CFDA 10.859 program, which aims to aid rural communities...