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October 11 Announcement
Alabama
South Alabama Electric Cooperative: $17,800,000. Build
and improve 144 miles of distribution line and make other
system improvements.
Arkansas (Funding also covers communities in Louisiana, Mis-
souri, Oklahoma, and Texas.)
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation: $245,000,000.
Funds will be used to acquire Hot Spring Generating Facil-
ity, a 660 MW natural gas-fired, combined-cycle electric
generating plant.
California
Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District: $50,000,000.
Build or improve 40 miles of distribution and transmission
line and make other system improvements.
Colorado
Eagle Valley Clean Energy, LLC: $40,000,000. Funds will be
used to partially finance a renewable generating plant with
a capacity of 11.5 MW. The plant will utilize wood biomass
for fuel.
Hawaii
Green Energy Team, LLC: $72,883,000. Funds will be used
to partially finance a renewable generating plant with a
capacity of 7.5 MW. The plant will utilize wood biomass for
fuel.
Iowa
Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative, Inc.: $10,000,000.
Build and improve 106 miles of distribution line and make
other system improvements. The loan guarantee includes
$135,000 in smart grid projects and $2,043,387 for storm
damage projects.
Maryland
SMECO Solar, LLC: $14,565,000. Funds will be used to
finance the construction of the Herbert Farm Solar Project, a
USDA Announces Funding to
Improve Rural Electric Services
I
n three announcements in September and October, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $2.2 billion in
funding to finance improved efficiency and modernization of rural electric generation and transmission systems. Provided by
USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities Service, the funding helps electric utilities upgrade, expand, maintain, and replace
rural America’s electric infrastructure.
The following is a list of rural utilities that will receive USDA funding, which is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms of
the loan agreement.
5.5 MW renewable solar-powered generating facility.
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.: $87,160,000.
Build 37 miles of transmission line and make other system
improvements.
Minnesota and Iowa
Federated Rural Electric Association: $6,700,000. Build and
improve 76 miles of distribution line and make other system
improvements.
Mississippi
South Mississippi Electric Power Association: $480,000,000.
Funds will be used to finance a 15 percent share of the Kem-
per County Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle project.
South Mississippi Electric Power Association: $90,863,000.
Build seven miles of transmission line and four new substa-
tions and make communications upgrades.
Missouri and Oklahoma
KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc.: $154,600,000. Funds will
be used to finance 116 miles of new transmission line and
two substations and make other system improvements.
Nebraska
KBR Rural Public Power District: $13,314,000. Build and
improve 129 miles of distribution line and nine miles of
transmission line and make other system improvements.
NewMexico
Otero County Electric Cooperative, Inc: $30,886,000. Build
and improve 200 miles of distribution line and 10 miles of
transmission line and make other system improvements.
Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc.: $44,973,000. Build
and improve 589 miles of distribution line and 30 miles of
transmission line and make other system improvements.
New York
Delaware County Electric Cooperative, Inc.: $5,000,000.
Build and improve 53 miles of distribution line and two
substations and make other system improvements.
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