GrantForecasted — not yet openSmall businesses not listed as eligible
Affordable Rural Cooperative (ARC) Energy Program
Rural Utilities Service
Award ceiling
$20,000,000
Program funding
$175,000,000
- Opportunity #
- RUS-ARC-2026
- Agency
- Rural Utilities Service
- ALN (CFDA)
- 10.758
- Status
- forecasted
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Other
- Category
- Energy
- Cost sharing required
- Yes
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
(1) Operating Electric cooperatives described in section 501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 who are currently or have been in the past a RUS electric loan borrower pursuant to the RE Act;(2) Electric cooperatives serving predominantly Rural Areas; or(3) Wholly or jointly owned subsidiaries of such electric cooperatives listed in (1) and (2).For the purposes of this program, the term “predominantly rural” as used in (2) in this paragraph shall mean a service territory that must include at least 50 percent Rural Areas
Contact
RUS Electric Program Grantor · SM.RD.RUS.ARC-Questions@usda.gov