Federal grant · project grant (b)

Big Sky Bioenergy, LLC

The Project Involves Constructing a Combined Heat and Power Plus Biochar Facility at a Sawmill in Deer Lodge, Montana. Utilizing Woody Biomass Residuals From Mill Operations and Forest Health Management, the Facility Will Produce Electrical and Usable Thermal Energy, as Well as Biochar, a Soil Amendment and Carbon Removal Tool. by Processing Residuals Onsite, the Project Eliminates Transportation Costs, Diversifies Revenue Streams, and Strengthens Operational Margins, Ensuring the Long-term Viability of One of Montana's 3 Largest Sawmill.

Committed

$1.0 Million

Paid to

UEI N51KV5PBJG35

270 W Kagy BLVD Ste E, Bozeman, MT, 59715

Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Place

MT, UNITED STATES

MT-01

Performance

Aug 14, 2025 → Jul 31, 2027

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Federal grant · project grant (b)

Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Wood Utilization Assistance to

Big Sky Bioenergy, LLC

Committed

$1.0 Million

Paid to

Big Sky Bioenergy, LLC

UEI N51KV5PBJG35

270 W Kagy BLVD Ste E, Bozeman, MT, 59715

Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Place

MT, UNITED STATES

MT-01

Performance

Aug 14, 2025 → Jul 31, 2027

How to read these numbers

One award, start to finish: Everything here is this single award's whole record — signed, amended, paid — not a fiscal-year slice. The by-year charts elsewhere split an award across the years it was committed; this page keeps it whole.
Committed vs. ceiling: Committed is what the government has legally promised on this award so far. Contracts can also carry a ceiling — the maximum if every option is exercised. Unspent ceiling is headroom, not money owed.
Paid out: The cash actually disbursed against this award. The gap from committed is the disbursement pipeline: promised, not yet cashed.
The ledger: Each transaction is a signing event — an action that created or changed the award, dated the day it was signed — not a payment. Negative amounts are real: money de-committed at closeout or renegotiation.
The money bar: One bar, the award’s whole arithmetic: paid out, then committed, not yet paid, then .

Source

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