# Electric Program Streamlining and Improvement
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Final rule; confirmation and response to comment. · Published 2023-02-17 · 88 FR 10237
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-03418
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 10237
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1710
- **Publication date:** 2023-02-17
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. RUS-22-Electric-0031
## Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency), an agency in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Mission area, published a final rule with comment in the Federal Register on November 30, 2022, to revise several regulations to streamline procedures for Electric Program borrowers, including its loan application requirements, approval of work plans and load forecasts, use of approved contracts and system design procedures and reporting requirements. Through this action, RUS is confirming the final rule as it was published and providing a response to the public comment received.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/17/2023-03418/electric-program-streamlining-and-improvement)
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