The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would spend USD 366 million to fund 17 clean energy projects in rural and remote areas of the U.S. to boost reliability and ease high electricity bills.
The funding, created by the 2021 infrastructure law, is aligned with the administration’s goal to direct 40% of the benefits of climate-related investments to communities that are underserved or have been overburdened by pollution.
Remote and rural communities are often isolated from electrical grids, leading to higher bills and less reliable or nonexistent energy supplies, the administration said.
“These projects overall are going to create more affordable more reliable energy sources, they will lower families’ energy…
