Rural economic development grant - electric farm bill

The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded $300,000 to San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, Inc. on March 13, 2026, under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.854).

San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility, doing business as Triplet Mountain Communications, serves as an intermediary utility for rural economic development on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Peridot, Arizona. The funding supports feasibility studies, business start-up costs, and business incubator projects that distribute zero-interest financing to eligible rural businesses within the reservation service territory. The recipient is a tribally owned telecommunications utility operated by the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council.

Performance runs through March 13, 2028. Work is performed in Arizona. The assistance type is a project grant. This is one of three $300,000 project grants San Carlos Apache Telecommunications Utility has received under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program; the other two were awarded on September 19, 2025.