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The Empire District Electric Co.: E-rate funding and districts served

The Empire District Electric Co. holds $1.4M in E-rate funding commitments across 2 states in FY2024-2026, serving 11 applicants in FY2026. Here is where, for what, and which of those contracts end soon.

Missouri, Kansas · updated nightly from USAC open data
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1applicants

Contracts ending within 12 months

The Empire District Electric Co.'s E-rate contracts that reach their end date in the next year, by applicant.

$4K of current service
11applicants

Incumbent today

Applicants The Empire District Electric Co. served in FY2026. Each one is a district to defend, or to take.

20% of its FY2026 requests had a single bidder
6applicants

Lost to a rival this year

Applicants that bought the same service from another provider in FY2026.

Most to Windstream Communications, LLC
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$513K
committed FY2026
11
applicants served
2
states
1
contracts ending, 12 months

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommitted
FY2026$512,805
FY2025$487,076
FY2024$445,650

By state and service

Missouri $1.4MKansas $67KData and internet $1.4M

Largest applicants served

ApplicantStateServicesCommitted
Branson School District R4MOData and internet$112,224
Webb City R-Vii School DistrictMOData and internet$102,960
Neosho School District R 5MOData and internet$90,720
Missouri Research And Education NetworkMOData and internet$66,458
Joplin SchoolsMOData and internet$41,155
Carl Junction School Dist R 1MOData and internet$37,080
Ozark R-Iv School DistrictMOData and internet$22,320
Baxter Springs Unif S D 508KSData and internet$22,205
Marionville School District R9MOData and internet$6,960
Stockton School District R 1MOData and internet$6,720
Sarcoxie School District R 2MOData and internet$4,003

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

ApplicantStateServiceCommittedEnds
Missouri Research And Education NetworkMOData and internet$4,492Nov 30, 2026

Who is winning at its districts

Providers that sold the same service in FY2026 to an applicant The Empire District Electric Co. served in FY2025.

ProviderApplicants won in FY2026
Windstream Communications, LLC2
1Finity Americas, Inc.1
Adira LLC1
Brightspeed of East Missouri, LLC1
Brightspeed of Missouri, LLC1
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Oct 26, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.