Thursday, Oct 18 2012 5:27PM
In response to inadequate electric service throughout many rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided more than $250 million in smart grid technologies this year.
In response to inadequate electric service throughout many rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided more than $250 million in smart grid technologies this year.
California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming were some of the states to receive funding, with more than $258 million going to these states alone.
In California, residents of the Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District will benefit from construction and improvements that will be made to to power lines, made possible by the $50 million in funding through USDA's Rural Development's Rural Utilities Services.
"Today's announcement also includes funding that will enable rural electric cooperative and utilities to adopt smart grid technologies in their operation as part of the ongoing efforts to modernize rural America's electric grid," said USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture