The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to the Blue Earth-Nicollet Cooperative Electric Association, a non-profit electric utility company. The grant funding will be used to support the cooperative's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance the resiliency and reliability of its rural electric system, and improve affordability for customers. The funding will finance a range of clean energy initiatives, including energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy deployment, zero-emission systems, and carbon capture storage projects. As a subrecipient, the Blue Earth-Nicollet Cooperative Electric Association has previously received over $4 million in subawards from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to carry out on-the-ground repairs and restoration work on electrical infrastructure damaged in natural disasters.
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