The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $316,862,500 Project Grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. The grant, awarded on January 14, 2025, will fund a range of clean energy initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the reliability, resiliency, and affordability of the cooperative's rural electric system. The project aims to modernize and transform the cooperative's infrastructure through energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy deployment, zero-emission systems, and carbon capture storage projects over a two-year period ending on January 14, 2027.
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