Redl - electric grant

The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded $300,000 to Pitt And Greene Electric Membership Corporation on May 28, 2026, under the Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.854). The award funds rural economic development and job creation projects in North Carolina through May 28, 2028. Pitt And Greene Electric Membership Corporation, a non-profit electric utility serving rural residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers across North Carolina, receives the grant as an intermediary utility organization eligible under the program. The Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations, with Rural Business Cooperative Services selecting projects to be funded and utilities passing funds through to rural economic development projects. Pitt And Greene will pass these funds to eligible local businesses for economic development initiatives consistent with program requirements.