美国农业部向佐治亚州发电项目提供33亿美元贷款 创农村公用事业服务局历史纪录
美国农业部10月14日在华盛顿宣布，农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯将向佐治亚州奥格尔索普电力公司（Oglethorpe Power）提供总额33亿美元的贷款，用于其位于该州门罗县的新史玛纳联合循环电厂（Plant Smarr Combined Cycle Facility）建设项目。美国农业部表示，这笔贷款由该部农村公用事业服务局（Rural Utilities Service, RUS）提供，是该机构历史上规模最大的一笔贷款。
罗林斯是在视察该电厂施工现场期间宣布这笔贷款的。她表示："特朗普政府致力于降低勤劳美国人的能源成本。得益于《大而美法案》（One Big Beautiful Bill Act）的两党支持，奥格尔索普电力公司的贷款得以加快推进，将向全美工薪家庭提供负担得起、可靠且充足的能源——为佐治亚州数百万居民提供急需的电力容量。这笔贷款表明农业部正在帮助佐治亚人生产负担得起、可靠、充足且安全的电力，美国人可以信赖农业部在能源领域实现真正的成果。"
奥格尔索普电力公司董事会主席马歇尔·米勒表示："我们衷心感谢农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯和农村公用事业服务局局长卡尔·沃森对我们新史玛纳电厂项目的支持。这座电厂将为正在经历快速发展的地区提供可靠的电力供应。我们将继续致力于负责任地开发能源资源，在保障电力可靠性和可负担性的同时，支持佐治亚州各社区的长期增长。"
美国农业部在声明中表示，奥格尔索普电力公司由佐治亚州38家电力会员合作社共同拥有，向这些成员合作社批发供电、服务全州各地社区。农业部农村公用事业服务局代理局长托德·林德赛·史密斯表示："有了《大而美法案》的支持，农村公用事业服务局能够比预期更早地提供这笔贷款——这正是佐治亚州社区所需要的：更快为农村工薪家庭和企业提供负担得起、可靠的能源。"该局农村电力项目管理员柯蒂斯·布拉德沃思表示："新史玛纳电厂将成为佐治亚州可靠、负担得起电力生产的重要新增力量。农村公用事业服务局为能支持其建设感到自豪。"
USDA Announces Record $3.3 Billion Loan to Oglethorpe Power for Georgia Power Plant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in Washington on October 14 that Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is providing a $3.3 billion loan to Georgia-based Oglethorpe Power for its new Plant Smarr Combined Cycle Facility in Monroe County, Georgia. USDA said the loan, provided through its Rural Utilities Service (RUS), is the largest in the agency's history.
Rollins announced the loan during a visit to the facility's construction site. "The Trump Administration is committed to lowering energy costs for hardworking Americans," she said. "Thanks to the bipartisan support of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Oglethorpe Power's loan was accelerated and will deliver affordable, reliable, and abundant energy to working families across the country — providing much-needed capacity for millions of Georgians. This loan demonstrates that USDA is helping Georgians produce affordable, reliable, abundant, and secure energy, and Americans can trust USDA to deliver real results in energy."
Oglethorpe Power Board Chair Marshall Miller said: "We are deeply grateful to Secretary Brooke Rollins and RUS Administrator Karl Watson for their support of our new Plant Smarr project. This facility will provide reliable electric service to a region experiencing rapid growth. We remain committed to responsibly developing energy resources that support the long-term growth of Georgia communities while ensuring reliability and affordability."
USDA said Oglethorpe Power is owned by 38 of Georgia's electric membership corporations and provides wholesale electric service to those member cooperatives serving communities across the state. Todd Lindsey Smith, Acting Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, said: "With the support of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, RUS was able to deliver this loan sooner than anticipated — and that's exactly what Georgia's communities need: faster access to affordable, reliable energy for rural working families and businesses." Curtis Bloodworth, the agency's Rural Electric Program Administrator, said: "Plant Smarr will be a significant addition to Georgia's reliable and affordable electric generation. RUS is proud to support its construction."
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