The La Crosse-based electric cooperative will receive the $595 million awarded under the Biden administration amid continued federal cuts
Since taking office, President Donald Trump’s administration has cut many grant programs created by his predecessor.But a western Wisconsin power cooperative is one of the groups that will maintain its Biden-era funding, which was awarded to help invest in renewable energy projects and transmission infrastructure.
Dairyland Power Cooperative announced Thursday that the Trump administration had “affirmed” its $595 million grant under the the program Empowering Rural America, or New ERA. The La Crosse-based utility was one of 16 rural electric cooperatives awarded a combined $7.3 billion for renewable energy projects through the U.S. Department of Agriculture program...
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