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 $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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), doing business as Aidea, under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant, with a performance period from March 2025 to March 2027, will fund projects focused on improving energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, implementing renewable energy systems, and developing energy efficiency and conservation...
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, will support activities to address the community's exceptionally high residential energy costs, including improvements to energy generation, transmission, and...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,500,000 was provided 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 award was granted to Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, Inc. located in Juneau, Alaska on September 24, 2024, with a project period ending on September 24, 2026. The grant funding will support comprehensive energy infrastructure improvements, the development of renewable energy systems,...
The federal Project Grant award of $1,490,000.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Assistance to High Energy Cost Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.859). The grant was awarded on Sep 25, 2024 to Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Inc. (AVEC), a non-profit electric utility serving 59 remote Alaskan communities. The funding aims to address the energy infrastructure challenges and exceptionally high residential energy costs experienced...
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $730,000 High Energy Cost Grant (CFDA 10.859) to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) on April 30, 2024. The grant will support a 2-year project to improve energy infrastructure, reduce energy expenses, and enhance energy efficiency in rural Alaskan communities with extremely high residential energy costs. ANTHC will use the funding to acquire, construct, or improve energy generation, transmission, and...
The City of Tenakee Springs was awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant 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, with a performance period from January 2025 to January 2027, will support the city's efforts to improve energy infrastructure and increase energy efficiency in order to address its exceptionally high residential energy costs. Key products and services to be delivered...
This $11,264,933 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program will support a project to improve energy and economic resilience in the remote, Arctic community of Kotzebue, Alaska. The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025 with a completion date of December 31, 2029, will enable the Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc., a non-profit utility provider, to reduce energy costs, lower maintenance and operations...