US announces an $11 billion investment to help bring clean energy to rural areas
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an $11 billion federal investment funded by the Inflation Reduction Act to advance clean energy for rural America.
Vilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as part of the New Deal.
"This is an exciting opportunity for the Rural Utility Service to work collaboratively with our great partners, the Rural Electric cooperatives, in order to advance a clean energy future for rural America," Vilsack said. "So this is an exciting and an historic day, and it continues an ongoing effort to ensure that rural America is a full participant in this clean energy economy."
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