Getting Connected: Study sees USDA role in linking electricity from alternative energy sources to grid

摘要

USDA Rural Development commissioned Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) to: examine current renewable energy markets for electricity generation; identify various barriers that inhibit further development of these resources by rural residents; analyze business model options that can be applied to better enable the profitable sale of on-farm generated power to the electric grid; and recommend programs or policies that USDA could undertake to promote greater capture of renewable energy benefits by rural communities.