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Georgia
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation - $102,800,000.
Serve 8,656 consumers, build and improve 855 miles of
distribution line, and make other system improvements.
Kentucky
Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation - $12,000,000.
Construct and improve 102 miles of distribution line and
make other system improvements.
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. - $17,608,000. Build and
improve 100 miles of distribution line and make other sys-
tem improvements.
Minnesota
Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative - $18,450,000. Build
and improve 101 miles of distribution line and make other
system improvements.
Missouri
Missouri Rural Electric Cooperative - $3,000,000. Build and
improve 44 miles of distribution line and make other system
improvements.
Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska
Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative - $5,000,000. Build and
improve 62 miles of distribution line and make other system
improvements.
Nebraska
Panhandle Rural Electric Membership Association -
$7,839,000. Serve 113 consumers, build and improve 49
miles of distribution line, and make other system improve-
ments.
North Carolina
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation -
$33,822,000. Finance capital improvements at the Catawba
Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2.
Oklahoma
Southeastern Electric Cooperative, Inc. - $4,787,000. Build
and improve 26 miles of distribution line and make other
system improvements.
USDA Announces Rural Electric Funding
O
n May 4, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
announced that rural electric cooperative
utilities in ten states will receive loans to
install smart grid technologies and make
improvements to generation and transmis-
sion facilities.
“A 21
st
century electric grid is essential to America’s ability
to create jobs in the clean energy economy of the future,”
Vilsack said. “These investments enable consumers and
businesses to better manage their use of electricity and help
maintain affordable rates. Building transmission infrastruc-
ture that employs smart grid technologies will make it easier
to add renewable sources of electricity into the grid and also
improve reliability.”
With this funding, USDA Rural Development moves closer to
reaching its goal to fund more than $250 million for smart grid
technologies. The announcement included support for nearly
$20 million in those technologies. The $334 million in loans
announced on May 4 are provided by USDA Rural Develop-
ment’s Rural Utilities Service. The funding helps electric utili-
ties upgrade, expand, maintain, and replace rural America’s
electric infrastructure. USDA Rural Development also funds
energy conservation and renewable energy projects.
The following is a list of rural utilities that will receive
USDA funding, which is contingent upon the recipient meet-
ing the terms of the loan agreement.
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Company Certi ed by WBENC
www.ampipe.com – (607) 775-4340
• Manufactured to meet NEMA TC2,
NEMA TC6/8, ASTM F512 and UL651.
• Sweeps, bends, and fittings are manufactured
to meet NEMA TC3, NEMA TC9 and UL651.
• Our PVC Conduit has a smooth bore that
reduces cable drag.
• Lightweight, flexible, easy to handle and
resistant to impact.
• The solvent welded joints ensure water tight
integrity excellent resistance to chemicals,
rot, rust and electrolytic corrosion.
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