Agralite Electric Cooperative

Agralite Electric Cooperative, a tax-exempt rural electric cooperative headquartered in Benson, Minnesota, receives federal grant funding for rural economic development initiatives as a prime grant recipient and participates in sub-grant awards from state agencies. The cooperative operates outside federal procurement (no contract awards or IDV participation in the source data) and focuses on grant-funded rural development rather than contract service delivery.

Agralite's federal footprint is limited to three awards spanning three years (2023–2025), with $1.4 million combined obligation. The cooperative holds one prime grant award and two sub-grant positions. As prime recipient, Agralite secured a $300,000 Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants (REDLG) program project grant from USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services, running from August 1, 2024 to August 1, 2026. The grant supports economic development and job creation in the rural communities the cooperative serves, with eligible uses including project feasibility studies, start-up costs, business incubator projects, and other expenses designed to foster rural employment. As sub-recipient, Agralite appears on a grid reliability and resilience enhancement sub-grant from the Department of Commerce Minnesota (awarded December 29, 2025) and a disaster-recovery sub-grant (DR-4658) from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (awarded February 9, 2023, likely FEMA Pass Through funding). Customer concentration is distributed across USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Energy, with one award per agency. Activity is steady at one award per year; no recompete cliff or renewal exposure is evident from the source.