This federal Project Grant award of $594,928.00 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) will support the Round Valley Indian Tribes in northern California. The grant funding will be used to test and define aggregate reserves at the Upper Short Creek Hard Rock Quarry on the Round Valley Reservation, identify additional nearby prospective aggregate sites, and evaluate the local aggregate...
This $850,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) is intended to support the Ute Indian Tribe in developing its technical, managerial, and organizational capabilities for energy resource development on tribal lands. The grant will fund a range of activities, including feasibility studies, energy infrastructure assessments, tribal utility authority explorations,...
This $234,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) will fund the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin to establish a tribal utility entity. The project, led by Jordan St Germaine, will create the tribal utility charter, complete due diligence for commercial investment decisions, develop energy and eminent domain ordinances, seek support...
The Sokaogon Chippewa Community received a $189,410 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 grant will fund a solar feasibility study and related pre-development activities to assess the viability of deploying residential-serving solar technology and optimizing the tribe's energy distribution infrastructure. The study aims to improve the tribe's understanding of the...
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was awarded a $165,834 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant funding will be used to evaluate the technical and financial feasibility of constructing and operating an on-site green hydrogen production facility system on the Standing Rock Reservation, and to develop an installation plan. The proposed feasibility study will provide the...
The Cherokee Nation received a $207,582 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant will fund the completion of feasibility studies to determine the viability of microgrid developments on the Cherokee Nation reservation, with a focus on Cherokee Nation health clinics, speaker home village, and community buildings. The studies will assess the feasibility of various energy...
The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians was awarded a $250,000 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 purpose of this 2-year award, with a period of performance from August 2024 to August 2026, is to conduct a feasibility study to identify and evaluate potential distributed energy resource (DER) sites within the tribe's trust lands. The study results will provide a...
This federal Project Grant award of $360,898.66 was provided by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) to the Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council. The grant supports the creation of a Tribal Utility Authority (TUA) to locally manage utility resources, reduce reliance on external utilities, and foster long-term energy sovereignty for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Key...
The Mi'Kmaq Nation was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The grant will fund a feasibility study to explore the development of a community-level photovoltaic (PV) facility and battery energy storage system (BESS) on the tribe's 658-acre trust lands and potentially in the residential area. The study, with the support of third-party experts, aims to...
This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148) will support the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in building its capacity to regulate and manage energy resources. The project aims to develop the organizational, business, legal, and regulatory infrastructure to establish a tribal utility authority in the form of a community electric cooperative. Key activities include...