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Beneficial Electrification News

2023

May 16, 2023

Background on USDA PACE and New Era Program On May 16, the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced nearly $10.7 billion in federal funding for rural electric cooperatives, the largest federal investment in rural electric infrastructure since electrification 1936. BEL President Keith Dennis believes this funding will be central to advancing the goals […]

2023

May 16, 2023

Background on USDA PACE and New Era Program On May 16, the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced nearly $10.7 billion in federal funding for rural electric cooperatives, the largest federal investment in rural electric infrastructure since electrification 1936. BEL President Keith Dennis believes this funding will be central to advancing the goals […]

May 4, 2023

[ARLINGTON, Virginia] – New whole home weatherization and electrification demonstration projects, bolstered by groundbreaking economic research on water heater technologies, present a positive economic outlook for upgrading and electrifying single-family homes, according to the Beneficial Electrification League (BEL). The research and home retrofit demonstrations are part of BEL’s Weatherization/Electrification Together, an initiative tackling the challenge […]

May 2, 2023

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May 2, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $400M in federal grant funding for new clean school buses, including electric buses. In a change from last year’s rebate program, school district applicants must purchase a minimum of 15 buses and not more than 50 to be eligible; third-party applicants can request between 25 and 100 buses. BEL views this change – […]

April 24, 2023
  • REGISTER NOW: BEL to hold virtual electric water heater summit on May 4
  • REGISTRATION OPEN: “Electrify NC!” on May 23-24
  • BEL and cooperatives support Navajo Nation efforts, and vice versa
  • Georgia Electrification Leadership Summit a success!
  • BEL applies to DOE Grid Deployment Office for smart grid funding
  • BEL briefs Congressional caucus on electrification opportunities in agriculture

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February 9, 2023
  • BEL Joins EPA Administrator for Kansas Electric School Bus Roundtable and Announcement
  • Save the Dates: Georgia and New Hampshire
  • Electrifying U.S. Fertilizer Production
  • BEL’s CO-GRIP Proposal Advances
  • On BEL’s radar: “Energy Improvements in Rural Areas”

Read Our February Newsletter

January 6, 2023
  • Join Us on Tuesday, January 10! W/E Together Forum Webinar
  • BEL Engages Small and Rural Utilities in Proposal to Access DOE Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships IIJA Funding
  • Engage With Our Electric Buses Initiative in 2023 to Discuss Electrifying Transportation and Collaborate With Your Peers!
  • USDA Announces New REAP Funding for 2023
  • DOE IRA Incentives and EECBG Update

Read Our January Newsletter