# Rural Energy Savings Program
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Final rule; request for comments. · Published 2020-04-02 · Effective 2020-04-02 · 85 FR 18413
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-06215
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 18413
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1719
- **Publication date:** 2020-04-02
- **Effective date:** 2020-04-02
## Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as RUS or the Agency, is issuing a final rule to establish the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) as authorized by Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to assist rural families and small businesses achieve cost savings by providing loans to eligible entities that agree to make loans to qualified consumers to implement durable cost-effective energy efficiency measures. This rule describes the eligibility requirements, the application process, the criteria that will be used by RUS to assess Applicants' creditworthiness and how to obtain application materials.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/02/2020-06215/rural-energy-savings-program)
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