New Cooperative Opportunity
Accessing New Federal Funding for Rural Electric Cooperatives to drive local opportunity, economic development and prosperity
More than $45 billion in rural energy investments are on the way.
New Federal programs are transforming American energy.
Rural cooperatives have significant new resources available to them. They can and are leading the way: to build and own clean energy, create good paying local jobs, lower household costs, and grow local economies.
But this won’t happen without continued local leadership.
Cooperative leaders have the opportunity — and responsibility — to bring clean energy opportunities to their cooperatives.
Download the Opportunity Map
The Inflation Reduction Act includes dedicated funding for cooperatives through the New ERA and PACE programs at USDA. It also includes other provisions that cooperatives can benefit from such as access to clean energy tax credits through direct pay, support for beneficial electrification, and support for rural businesses to build clean energy projects.
Learn how your cooperative can leverage these programs together.
New ERA & PACE: What You Need to Know
Click for a digest of the latest USDA guidance to access $10.7 billion for rural cooperatives clean energy projects.
