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October 30, 2026 7 min read

Grid Resilience Formula Grants: How Munis and Co-ops Get In

DOE allocated $967 million in grid resilience formula grants to states, territories and tribes. Here is how a municipal utility or co-op reaches that money, the match it carries, and what it can buy.

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August 22, 2026 8 min read

USDA Will Forgive 40% of These Rural Utility Loans. The Match Cannot Be Borrowed.

The USDA rural utility loan program 2026 forgives up to 40% of a loan. Letters of interest are rolling from September 8, and the match cannot be debt.

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August 17, 2026 11 min read

How to Write Or Equal Specification Language

Or equal specification language decides whether you get three bids or one. What a performance spec has to state, and the review process that keeps equal honest.

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March 30, 2026 6 min read

BABA Compliance for Transformer Procurement: How to Verify Domestic Content

A documentation workflow for checking transformer domestic content against agency and award requirements, with product classification and waiver references.

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