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Rural Utilities Service

Powering Affordable Reliable Technology (PART) Energy Program

Key facts

Award
$1,000,000 – $100,000,000
Opens
Sep 8, 2026
Closes
Oct 9, 2026
Location
United States
Category
Energy

Who can apply

  • For-profit organizations
  • State or local governments
  • Indian Tribes
  • Alaska Native Corporations
  • Nonprofits
  • Distribution electric cooperatives and generation and transmission electric cooperatives
  • Certificated electric utilities

About this grant

The Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the USDA, is soliciting Letters of Interest for loan applications under the Powering Affordable Reliable Technology (PART) Energy Program. Funds will finance power generation projects for Renewable Energy Resource systems or Energy Storage Systems supporting RER projects. Project or System Loans will be forgiven up to forty percent provided terms and conditions are met.