6 Missouri Utilities to Share $120 Million in Federal Loans
11/6/2017
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Six Missouri utilities will use nearly $120 million in federal loans to upgrade the infrastructure for electricity in rural parts of the state.
The Missouri grants are part of $2.5 billion in loans the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded for rural electricity projects.
The Central Electric Power Co-op will receive the largest loan in the state with $40 million. The utility plans to use the money to build 11 miles of transmission line and improve another 77 miles of lines.
Associated Electric Co-op will receive $29.2 million. And Howell-Oregon Electric Co-op will receive $27 million.
Related News
From Archive
Sign up to Receive Our Newsletter
- Final Lake Erie sewer tunnel project set to begin after decades-long $3 billion effort
- Oil pipeline struck during fiber optic construction spills into L.A. storm drains
- Fiber drilling strike triggers major sewer failure, lawsuits in Florida
- OSHA cites Alabama builder after fatal trench collapse
- Utility strike at center of Dallas explosion investigation
- Race Communications breaks ground on Bakersfield fiber network
- Final Lake Erie sewer tunnel project set to begin after decades-long $3 billion effort
- Inside Infrastructure: Utility locators warn of systemic failures in damage prevention process
- Senate passes PIPELINE Safety Act aimed at strengthening buried utility protection
- $104 million Lynchburg, Va., tunnel nears breakthrough beneath Blackwater Creek
Comments