The Department of Energy (DOE) announced on November 13, 2019 up to $15 million in new funding to deploy energy infrastructure on tribal lands. The funding, through the DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs will support Indian Tribes interested in developing their energy resources. DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is soliciting applications for the funding in four topic areas: install energy generating systems/energy efficiency to tribal buildings; set up community-scale energy generating systems of storage on Tribal lands; install energy systems for autonomous operation to power essential facilities during emergencies; and put in energy infrastructure and integrated energy systems to electrify Tribal Buildings. In the DOE’s Quadrennial Energy Review in 2017, the DOE noted that one in seven Indian households is without access to electricity. An extrapolation of EIA and census data suggests that this is roughly the equivalent of 160,000 people. The funding is intended to help solve this electricity issue by reducing or stabilizing energy costs and providing energy security and resilience for Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages.

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https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-15-million-deploy-energy-infrastructure-tribal-lands
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/02/f34/Quadrennial%20Energy%20Review--Second%20Installment%20%28Full%20Report%29.pdf