Assistance program
New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program
$9.4 Billion committed in FY2024–FY2025
- Agency
- Rural Utilities Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.758
- What it does
- RUS will utilize the New ERA funds to assist eligible entities to achieve the greatest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while advancing the long-term resiliency, reliability, and affordability of rural electric systems.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- An electric cooperative described in section 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is or has been a RUS or Rural Electrification Administration (REA) electric loan borrower pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) or is serving a predominantly rural area (or a wholly or jointly owned subsidiary of any the preceding listed such electric cooperatives).
- Authorized by
- Public Law 117-169, Section 22004
Committed by fiscal year
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$7.4B
79%
Loans
$2.0B
21%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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Direct payments