EERE Seeks Public Feedback to Define Inadequate Electric Service Areas

The U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and its Water Power Technologies Office have issued a 鈥渞equest for information鈥 about how to define 鈥渁n area where there is inadequate electric service.鈥 The definition will inform future eligibility criteria for WPTO鈥檚 .
鈥淭hrough this RFI, the U.S. Department of Energy seeks input from different community perspectives on what they consider to be 鈥榠nadequate electric service鈥 to help us determine how to support clean, hydroelectric power serving areas where access to energy is often unreliable or expensive,鈥 said Kelly Speakes-Backman, acting assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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