Project Grant A24AP00167

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes received a $124,272 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The funding will be used to enhance the Tribes' capacity to govern the sale and delivery of electricity on the Fort Hall Reservation. Key project activities include training tribal staff and council members, developing organizational structures, and evaluating the feasibility of forming a tribal electric utility. The grant aims to help the Tribes better regulate energy on the reservation, manage their energy development initiatives, and potentially reduce energy costs or generate revenue through a tribal utility. The project will take a phased approach to understand the Tribes' current situation, identify and evaluate alternatives, and establish a utility or regulatory commission if deemed feasible. This grant supports the TEDC program's objective of developing tribal technical, managerial, and organizational capabilities to maximize the economic potential of energy resource development on tribal lands.