Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grants

The energy audits and renewable energy development assistance program is designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs andconsumption and help meet the nation’s critical energy needs. The 2008 Farm Bill mandates that the recipient of a grant that conducts an energy audit for an agricultural producer or a rural small business require the agricultural producer or rural small business to pay at least 25 percent of the cost of the energy audit, which shall be retained by the eligible entity for the cost of the audit.