Where’s Xochitl, Now? (Part 19) Lowering Energy Costs for Farmers, Rural Small Businesses

On Thursday, Deputy Secretary Torres Small announced in Somerset, Pennsylvania, that USDA is investing $104 million in loans and grants to support over 300 clean energy projects in 34 states through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (Photo: Courtesy)

On Thursday, Deputy Secretary Torres Small announced in
Somerset, Pennsylvania, that USDA is investing $104 million in loans
and grants to support over 300 clean energy projects in 34 states
through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

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Many of the projects are funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s largest-ever investment in combating the climate crisis. The projects also advance President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to grow the nation’s economy from the middle out and the bottom up.

Since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA has invested more than $2.3 billion through REAP in 7,923 renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements. 

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• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘We’re Making Energy’: Department of Agriculture Announces Major Investments in Rural Communities