{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1710.207","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1710.207","heading":"RUS criteria for load forecasts by distribution borrowers.","body":"Load forecasts submitted by distribution borrowers that are unaffiliated with a power supply borrower, or by distribution borrowers that are members of a power supply borrower that has a total utility plant less than $500 million and that is not itself a member of another power supply borrower with a total utility plant of $500 million or more must satisfy the following minimum criteria:\n(a) The borrower considered all known relevant factors that influence the consumption of electricity and the known number of consumers served at the time the study was developed;\n(b) The borrower considered and identified all loads on its system of RE Act beneficiaries and non-RE Act beneficiaries;\n(c) The borrower developed an adequate supporting data base and considered a range of relevant assumptions; and\n(d) The borrower provided RUS with adequate documentation and assistance to allow for a thorough and independent review.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1710—GENERAL AND PRE-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON TO ELECTRIC LOANS AND GUARANTEES","Subpart E—Load Forecasts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"327c3be3e04216404e30d084ba531b7cc9ff9875625485370025d269ca08a315","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1710.206","next":"us/7-cfr-1710.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}