What is Rural Utilities Service?
On October 12, 1994, the reorganization bill established the Rural Utilities Service and abolished the old Rural Electrification Administration. The Rural Utilities Service is comprised of the electric and telecommunications programs of the old Rural Electrification Administration and the water and wastewater programs of the former Rural Development Administration. Rural Utilities Service’s rural electric, telecommunications, and water and waste disposal programs have the common goal of rural economic development.
