Rural Energy for America Program - Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grant Program

The REAP Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grant provides grant assistance to entities that will assist agriculture producers and small rural businesses by conducting energy audits and providing information on renewable energy development assistance.  Eligible entities include: State, tribal, local government or their instrumentalities, land grant colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning, rural electric cooperatives and public power. The maximum amount for an energy audit-renewable energy development assistance grant is $100,000.

Eligibility
To be eligible for an energy audit grant or a renewable energy development assistance grant, the applicant must be one of the following:

• A unit of State, tribal, or local government;
• A land-grant college or university or other institution of higher education;
• A rural electric cooperative;
• A public power entity;
• An instrumentality of a State, tribal, or local government

The applicant must have sufficient capacity to perform the energy audit or renewable energy development assistance activities that they propose in the application.

The grant funds for a project must be used by the grant recipient to assist agriculture producers or small rural businesses with conducting or promoting energy audits and or renewable energy development assistance.