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The future of rural America is in danger.
USDA programs have faced ongoing funding freezes and staff layoffs, making it difficult for rural communities to access funds to keep them competitive.
Recently, the House of Representatives pushed through a short-sighted budget reconciliation bill. If the Senate follows suit without major adjustments, the transition to a renewable and reliable energy future will face devastating setbacks.
It is in this context that the Rural Power Coalition is fighting to defend:
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps six-million low-income residents pay utility bills, including during dangerously hot summer months and sub-freezing winter temperatures.
New Energy Tax Credits & Direct Pay, which provide incentives to modernize America’s energy generation and grid infrastructure, while enabling households, businesses, and municipalities to develop new energy projects.
Without these programs, rural residents will have higher energy bills, less reliability, and wealth will flow away from lower-income residents, to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
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Whenever there are calls to action to defend rural energy programs, you’ll hear from us with ways in which you can exercise your voice and power.
The policies called for in the #RuralPower campaign represent an opportunity to simultaneously provide urgent relief to the most vulnerable ratepayers in rural areas and prepare rural cooperatives for a 21st-century clean energy economy.
These measures directly benefit millions of cooperative member-owners who are currently struggling to pay for aging fossil fuel infrastructure while the world transitions to clean energy. Click below to endorse our policies and add your organization to our coalition.
And if you have any questions or ideas for partnership, please reach out at info [at] rural power [dot] us.
