Letter_of_Interest_PART_Submission_-_FINAL.pdf

Letter of Interest for PART submission Rural Utilities Service

Please utilize this format to fill out a document and upload in pdf format as part of your application for Rural Utilities Service (RUS) PART funding via Grants.gov.

Please note that all RUS PART Letter of Interest (LOI) information must be submitted on Grants.gov. This includes the completion of Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424). The SF 424 is a fillable form that must be completed on Grants.gov by the LOI submitter. The SF 424 will include the LOI submitter’s name and contact information. The LOI submitter must submit all required attachments in Section 15 of the SF 424. The information detailed below must be provided as an attachment. For LOIs with multiple projects, you should use a unique name and number for attachments related to each project (i.e., Entity Project 1, Entity Project 2, etc.).

Please also note that Applicants must use the RUS geospatial mapping tool found at https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/08d1c305437f4994b79033acfe3eb223 to draw the service areas associated with each PART project and then upload Shapefile(s) to Grants.gov as part of an LOI submission. Applicants must draw a separate Shapefile of the service area for each proposed project to be included in a single PART application. The applicable service area must demonstrate that the Project will provide economical clean energy to rural residents as outlined in Section 3.3(a) of the NOFO.

Additional information on the requirements and submission of LOIs through Grants.gov can be found in the LOI Guide on the PART website.

This letter confirms that [Insert name of the LOI submitter] intends to seek a PART Program loan from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) pursuant to the NOFO published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2026. [Insert name of the LOI submitter] hereby represents that it meets all the requirements as specified in the NOFO and herewith submits the mandatory information required to comply with the first step of the loan application process.

1. LOI Submitter’s Profile and Point of Contact Information.

(i) The Applicant must provide the following information (as outlined in Section 4.2(a) of the NOFO:

a. Legal Name and status of the LOI’s submitter.

b. The LOI’s submitter’s address and principal place of business.

c. The LOI’s submitter’s tax identification number and its active Unique Entity

Identifier (UEI) number from the System for Award Management (SAM) registry.

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/08d1c305437f4994b79033acfe3eb223 https://www.rd.usda.gov/media/file/download/part-2026-nofo.pdf https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/electric-programs/powering-affordable-reliable-technology-program#to-apply https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15795/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-powering-affordable-reliable-technology-part-energy-program https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/04/2026-15795/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-powering-affordable-reliable-technology-part-energy-program

d. Legal structure of LOI submitter (e.g., cooperative, corporation, limited-liability company, State or local government entity, municipality, federally recognized Tribe). If the applicant is a non-governmental entity, a statement as to whether the entity is organized as a non-profit.

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If the LOI submitter is a State or local governmental entity, a certification that it can enter into contracts with the Federal government, incur debt, and provide security for such debt. Federal government entities are not eligible for financing.

f. Name and title of LOI submitter’s manager and/or point of contact, which must include general contact information, as well as an email address to receive RUS’ Invitation to Proceed.

g. The location of the Project and the applicable service area using a digital Shapefile. The applicable service area must demonstrate that the Project will provide economical clean energy to rural residents as outlined in Section 3.3(a) of this NOFO.

h. The LOI submitter’s net assets value.

i. A certification as to whether the LOI submitter over the last 10 years has been placed in receivership liquidation, has been under a workout agreement, has declared bankruptcy, or has had a decree or order issued for relief in any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar action.

j. A statement as to whether the Project(s) will serve a Substantially Underserved

Trust Area (SUTA) as defined in Section 1.3 of the NOFO.

2. Financial Reporting.

A copy of the LOI submitter’s balance sheet and income statements for the shorter of the last three years or the years the LOI submitter has been in operation. If the LOI submitter does not have an operating history of such length, the LOI submitter must inform RUS in its LOI and provide RUS with additional information to establish the applicant’s financial strength.

Upon review of the LOI, the RUS may request additional clarifying information on financial strength. If the applicant does not provide the information RUS, deems necessary to evaluate the financial strength of the LOI submitter, the application will be denied and proceed no further. The LOI submitter must also provide the balance sheet and income statements for the last three years of any entity or entities providing equity or security for the loan, with an explanation of the legal relationship to the LOI submitter.

3. Technical Description of the Project.

A technical description of the Project, which shall not exceed 1,500 words, and must include the following:

(i) Type of loan being requested, Project Loan or System Loan. See Section 2, “Loan Type”, of this notice.

(ii) A description of each eligible RER and ESS being requested for PART financing including Project name, location, type, size, and renewable energy units generated and saved.

(iii) Verification that the Project(s) will be designed, constructed, and operated based on Commercially Available Technology.

(iv) For each Project, the estimated dates to start construction and to achieve commercial operation.

(v) The estimated total capital cost of each Project and the amount of Award funds being requested to finance each Project.

(vi) Proposed financial structure of the owners, equity investors and other participants, which shall include estimated sources and uses of all funds. In the case of Limited Liability Corporations, a diagram of the ownership structure up to and including the ultimate parent must be provided.

(vii) If applicable, a description and status of any PPA that will be used to sell and deliver the electrical output of the Project(s) to Off-Takers.

(viii) (viii) If applicable, a description of any existing power sales contracts, such as wholesale power contracts, between Off-Takers and its members.

(ix) Status of, and estimated timelines to complete, if known, any applicable Federal, State, or local permitting or environmental review processes.

(x) Ratepayer Benefit. A brief discussion from the LOI submitter that if it is invited to submit an Application, it will demonstrate in its Application how it will pass on a portion of the savings from the loan forgiveness to consumers, including the Off- Taker as described in Section 2, “Loan Forgiveness Categories”, of the NOFO.

(xi) If the LOI submitter cannot provide any of the information or documents listed above, it must notify RUS prior to submitting an Application.

Attestation: [Name of the LOI submitter] commits to immediately notify RUS in writing should the LOI submitter decide to withdraw from consideration for the PART loan before submitting a complete application.

[Digital Signature of Manager/ CEO of the LOI submitter] Address/Contact Information Enclosures (itemize