The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $100,000,000 Project Grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. on January 17, 2025. The grant supports Minnkota Power Cooperative's efforts to transform its rural electric infrastructure through clean energy projects that achieve significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions while enhancing system resiliency, reliability, and affordability....
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $6,058,250 Project Grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric, a non-profit electric cooperative in Owatonna, Minnesota. The grant, awarded on January 8, 2025, with a performance period through January 8, 2027, will support the cooperative's efforts to transform its rural electric infrastructure through clean energy projects. Eligible...
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 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. The award, effective January 10, 2025 with a completion date of January 10, 2027, will support the cooperative's efforts to transform its electrical infrastructure through clean energy projects that aim to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas...
The federal Project Grant award of $500,000.00, 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), supports the Dakota Electric Association in Farmington, MN to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of their rural electric system. The award, dated January 10, 2025, will fund a range of clean energy infrastructure...
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $794,354,472 project grant to Great River Energy under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) on January 10, 2025. The two-year grant supports Great River Energy's initiatives to transform rural electric infrastructure through clean energy projects, including renewable energy deployment, energy efficiency improvements, zero-emission systems, and potential carbon capture...
The federal Project Grant award of $169,750,000 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 award will fund Connexus Energy, an electric cooperative in Ramsey, Minnesota, to transform their rural electric infrastructure through clean energy projects that achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of their...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $471,007,955 project grant under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758) to Dairyland Power Cooperative, a non-profit electric cooperative based in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The grant supports Dairyland Power Cooperative's efforts to transform their rural electric infrastructure through clean energy projects that achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing the...
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $1,312,500 Project Grant to Beartooth Electric Cooperative Inc. under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758). The grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, supports the cooperative's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resilience and affordability of its rural electric system, with a project completion date of January 15, 2027. The cooperative's grant-funded...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $625,451 project grant to East Central Energy, a non-profit organization in Braham, Minnesota, under the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program (CFDA 10.758). The grant funding will support East Central Energy's initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the resiliency, reliability, and affordability of the rural electric system. Key project activities include the deployment of renewable...
The federal Project Grant award of $249,500.00 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 award was made on January 10, 2025 to the Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association in Zumbrota, MN to support the cooperative's clean energy transformation project. The project aims to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing the resiliency,...