Colorado Water Resources and
Power Development Authority

Phone: 303-830-1550
Fax: 303-832-8205
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1580 Logan St. 620
Denver, CO 80203
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Small Hydropower Loan Program. The Board of Directors of the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority has authorized $150,000 (up to $15,000 each) of matching grant funds for the evaluation and development of small (5 megawatts or less) hydropower projects for 2010. Applications for the Matching Feasibility Grants are due to the Authority not later than March 19, 2010. Please click here for the application. Please contact Authority Staff for subsequent application deadlines. The Small Hydropower Loan Program will complement the renewable energy programs created by the Colorado legislature in 2007 for biofuels, ethanol, wind and solar power. Click here for more details.

Board of Directors Set Interest Rates for 2010

Interest rates for direct loans from the Drinking Water Revolving Fund and the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund have been established for 2010 by the Board of Directors as follows. To find more information on the Disadvantaged Communities Programs, please go to the "Programs" tab above and then to either "DWRF" or "WPCRF."

 

2.0% - Direct loans of $2,000,000 or less
1.0% - Disadvantaged Communities (having a MHI of between 61% - 80% of the State average)
0% - Disadvantaged Communities (having a MHI of less than 61% of the State average)

For 2010, Leveraged Loans rates are 2.5%

Loan Application Dates Changed For the 2010 application deadlines, click here.