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Alaska
Alaska Electric Energy Cooperative, Inc., $150,000,000. Con-
vert resources to combined cycle, install a new aero derivative
gas-fired turbine, and build new substations.
Arkansas
Mississippi County Electric Cooperative, Inc., $11,000,000.
Build 34 miles of new distribution line, make improvements to
44 miles of existing distribution line, and make other system
improvements. Includes $615,000 in smart grid projects.
Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation, $19,400,000.
Build 85 miles of new distribution line and 5 miles of trans-
mission line and make improvements to 273 miles of existing
distribution line. $258,570 in smart grid projects.
Colorado
Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc., $7,113,000. Build
52 miles of new distribution line and make improvements to
7 miles of existing distribution line. $1,222,665 in smart grid
projects.
Highline Electric Association, $35,178,000. Build 133 miles of
new distribution line and 2 miles of new transmission line,
make improvements to 124 miles of existing distribution line
and 29 miles of transmission line. $2,289,240 in smart grid
projects.
Colorado, Nebraska, NewMexico, Wyoming
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.,
$132,987,000. Build 47 miles of new transmission line and two
new substations, make improvements to 115 miles of existing
transmission line and seven substation upgrades. $9,684,000
in smart grid projects.
Florida
Suwannee Valley Electric Association, $12,000,000. Build 279
miles of new distribution line, make improvements to 86 miles
of existing distribution line, and make other system improve-
ments. $440,000 in smart grid projects.
Florida, Alabama
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, $108,686,000. Transmission
facilities for 15 substations, 47 miles of line, upgrade 80 miles
of line and 10 existing substations.
Georgia
Amicalola Electric Membership Corporation, $29,998,000.
Build 218 miles of new distribution line, make improvements
to 53 miles of existing distribution line, and make other system
improvements. Includes $9,402,000 in smart grid projects.
Oglethorpe Power Corporation, $492,610,000. Generation sys-
tem improvement projects.
Indiana
Kankakee Valley Rural Electric Membership Assn.,
$16,700,000. Build 58 miles of distribution line, upgrade 85
miles of line, and make $157,000 in smart grid improvements.
Tipmont Rural Electric Membership Corporation, $32,000,000.
Build 117 miles of new distribution line, make improvements
to 246 miles of existing distribution line. $4,155,895 in smart
grid projects
Iowa
Humboldt County Rural Electric Cooperative, $2,600,000.
Improve 12 miles of line, build 9 miles of distribution line, and
make $25,000 in smart grid improvements.
Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative, $1,600,000. Purchase
and install Automated Metering Infrastructure.
USDA Announces Funding to
Improve Rural Electric Service
O
n October 13, the U.S. Agriculture Depart-
ment announced funding for rural electric
cooperative utilities to improve distribution
systems and smart grid technologies in 27
states. The announcement was made by
Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas
Tonsager during a speech to the National Rural Electric As-
sociation regional meeting in Denver, Colo.
More than $2.1 billion in loans are provided by USDA’s
Rural Utilities Service, a Rural Development Agency, to help
rural electric utilities build and upgrade rural America’s
electric infrastructure. These projects will fund more than $40
million in smart grid technologies and will build or improve
nearly 6,000 miles of line. Funding for distribution coopera-
tives, which provide power to consumers, will benefit more
than 38,000 rural businesses and residents.
Funding is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms
of the loan agreement. Following is a complete list of projects
funded.