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The Agriculture Department is kicking off the awards process for nearly $11 billion in funding to electrify and decarbonize rural parts of the United States.
Drawing from two pots of money enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, the funding is available for a sweeping set of potential projects, from new or retrofitted transmission lines to hydrogen projects to carbon capture. It is the largest single investment in rural electrification since the New Deal, according to the Biden administration.
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Brian covers the Energy Department and White House for E&E News. Before joining the company, Brian reported for National Journal and Bloomberg BNA in Washington D.C. Prior to that, he worked for Egypt Independent in Cairo and freelanced throughout East and North Africa. He holds a master’s in journalism degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s in political science from Western Colorado University.