Rural Energy for America Program
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Who has received this funding
Organizations awarded under CFDA 10.868 (USAspending.gov).
- Tejon Indian Tribe $2,000,000
- Wil-Roc Ag-Grid Llc $1,000,000
- Siestsema Farms Feeds, L.L.C. $1,000,000
- Iowa Rotocast Plastics Inc $1,000,000
- B&B Molded Products Inc. $1,000,000
- Vrng Laurel Ridge, Llc $1,000,000
- Furman Foods Inc $1,000,000
- Psd Development Llc $1,000,000
- 1422 Rt 179 Llc $1,000,000
- B&W Custom Truck Beds Inc $1,000,000
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
This Rural Development investment will be used for the purchase, replacement, and installation of energy efficient cooler and freezer for Montana Premium Processing Cooperative, a meat processing cooperative. This project is expected to save $5,486.55per year. It will replace 50,922 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year, which is enough energy to power 5 homes.
Program Objective
(1) Provision of grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to promote energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems development. The program provides grants of up to 25% of project costs and/or loan guarantees of up to 75% of project costs to purchase and install energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems.
(2) Provision of grants to government entities or their instrumentalities, educational institutions, rural electric cooperatives, Resource Conservation and Development Councils, and public power entities to assist with the cost of performing energy audits and renewable energy development assistance for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Recipients of energy audits must pay at least 25% of the cost of the audit.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- For-Profit Organization
- Nonprofit Organization
- Small Business Person
To be eligible for renewable energy systems or energy efficiency improvement assistance, an applicant must be an agricultural producer or rural small business. Rural small businesses must be located in a rural area. The applicant or owner must not have an outstanding judgment, delinquent on any Federal debt or debarred from receiving Federal assistance. Under the Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance programs eligible applicants include governmental entities and their instrumentalities, educational institutions, rural electric cooperatives, Resource Conservation and Development Councils, and public power entities.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
Rural Development (RD) personnel will review all applications. Ineligible and incomplete applications may be returned to the applicant and not evaluated further. RD personnel score applications based on published evaluation criteria. Applications will be funded at the State level first. A second review and nationwide ranking will be conducted by the RD National Office. Funding recommendations for National funds will be forwarded to the Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service for final awards.
From 60 to 180 days after the application is filed with RBS dependent on the number of funding cycles offered per year.
Program details & compliance
Description
For renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements, the amount of a grant shall not exceed the lesser of 25 percent of eligible project costs or $500,000 for renewable energy systems and $250,000 for energy efficiency improvements. The maximum amount of combined grant or guaranteed loan made shall not exceed 75 percent of eligible project costs. For Energy Audit, the recipient of the audit must pay 25 percent of the cost of the energy audit.
Mission Categories
Primary: Economic Development
Other categories:
Small Business
Required Documentation
For applicants seeking renewable energy systems or energy efficiency improvement assistance: agricultural producers must be directly engaged in the production of agricultural products, including crops, livestock, forestry products, hydroponics, nursery stock, or aquaculture, whereby 50 percent or greater of their gross income is derived from the operations. A small business must be located in a rural area and meet the Small Business Administration's Business Size Standards including all parent, affiliate, or subsidiary entities at other locations.
For the Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Program the entity applying must have experience in providing this service to qualify for the grant. All other application requirements and competitive benchmarks must be met in accordance with published Notices.
Matching Requirements
Matching Requirements: For Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement assistance: The applicant must provide at least 75 percent of leveraged funds if the request is for grant only funds.
For a combination grant and loan guarantee and loan guarantee only, the applicant must provide at least 25 percent of leveraged funds. Other Federal grants may not be used to meet the 75 percent requirement for the grant.
For Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance: The recipient of the energy audit must pay at least 25% of the cost of the audit.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements