Utility Account
North Carolina Department of Commerce
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- Posted
- Feb 21, 2026
- Closes
- No deadline published by the funder
- Last verified
- Sep 8, 2026
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About this opportunity
We offer funds to help North Carolina communities build the necessary infrastructure to attract more businesses to their area. The Utility Account helps local governments build the public infrastructure that can attract businesses, specifically industrial-grade utility services. To apply, counties must be ranked as one of the 80 most distressed under G.S. 143B-437.08 Funding priorities are for construction or improvements to water, sewer, gas, transportation infrastructure, or electrical utility lines. To be eligible for funding, the infrastructure is required to be on the building site or if not located on the site, directly related to the operation of the specific industrial activity. The site must also be publicly owned and there must be a reasonable expectation that jobs will be create...