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Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP)

Program Information

Popular name

RESP

Program Number

10.751

Program objective

The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) provides loans to entities who provide energy efficiency services in rural areas that agree to make affordable loans to help Qualified consumers implement cost- effective, energy efficiency measures. This program, authorized by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill, helps to build a cleaner and more sustainable domestic energy sector for future generations. RESP will help lower energy bills for rural families and businesses and will reduce barriers to investment in energy efficiency projects or activities.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    Funded 10 loans totaling $107,000,000.00

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

7 CFR 1719.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • American Indian
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Consumer
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Homeowner
  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income
  • Minority group
  • Moderate Income
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other Non-White
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Rural
  • Small business
  • Spanish Origin
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Women

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