Closed · RUS-PACE-2023 · CFDA 10.757 · Discretionary

Powering Affordable Clean Energy

Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Utilities Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1M-$100M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 29, 2023
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Powering Affordable Clean Energy is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Utilities Service that offered $1,000,000 -- $100,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 145 other opportunities from Rural Utilities Service.

$1M-$100M
award range
Closed
application status
10.757
CFDA program
145
other opportunities from Rural Utilities Service

Archived opportunity record

Powering Affordable Clean Energy is closed (last close September 29, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Rural Utilities Service still indexes 145 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 29, 2023

Posted Jul 10 Closes Sep 29

Instrument

Other

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program is part of the Inflation Reduction Act. With $1 billion in funding, PACE helps make clean, affordable, and reliable energy accessible to the people of rural America. Under PACE, USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will forgive up to 60 percent of loans for renewable energy projects that use wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, or biomass, as well as for renewable energy storage projects. The PACE program allocates funding across three applicant categories: (a) Category 1: Provides up to 20 percent total loan forgiveness. (b) Category 2: Up to 40 percent total loan forgiveness if 50 percent or more of the population served by the proposed service area is located within the following areas: (1) Energy Communities; or (2) Distressed or Disadvantaged Communities. (c) Category 3: Provides up to 60 percent total loan forgiveness if: (1) The proposed service area is located in Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Guam, American Samoa or other U.S. territories or Compact of Free Association (COFA) states; or (2) The proposed service area consists of 60 percent or more of a Tribal area or serves an area that constitutes a SUTA; or (3) The Project is owned by an Indian Tribe defined by the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454; 108 Stat. 4791, 4792), including their wholly owned arms and instrumentalities, or an Alaska Native Corporation, including regional or village corporations, as defined under or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 104-42; 85 State. 688).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RUS-PACE-2023

Grants.gov marks Powering Affordable Clean Energy with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Rural Utilities Service book (67 peers, 46% of 146).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Tasha Deardorff Grantor

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What to do next

Powering Affordable Clean Energy is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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