{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-4280.221","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 4280.221","heading":"Ultimate Beneficiary eligibility.","body":"Ultimate Beneficiaries must meet all of the following requirements to receive assistance through Recipients of this program.\n(a) Type of entity. Ultimate Beneficiaries must be Agricultural Producers or Rural Small Businesses.\n(b) Location. Ultimate Beneficiaries must have a place of business located in a State, and the assistance must be provided to them at that location.\n(c) Cost Sharing. Ultimate Beneficiaries must provide at least 25 percent of the cost of an Energy Audit.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XLII—RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 4280—LOANS AND GRANTS","Subpart C—Rural Energy for America Program: Grants for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Development Assistance"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-10-28/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-10-28","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-30T05:51:41Z","sha256":"b80ef55079674cef8a3a14c26551123da34101052ba4c1f5ae922d31a883e70f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":false,"prev":"us/7-cfr-4280.220","next":"us/7-cfr-4280.222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}