$50 Million for Tribal Clear Vitality Initiatives: Funding Doubled, Now Out there for Clear Vitality Expertise Deployment

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Right now, the U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE) introduced the funding accessible underneath the Clear Vitality Expertise Deployment on Tribal Lands — 2024 (DE-FOA-0003298) funding alternative announcement (FOA) has doubled, growing from $25 million to $50 million.

By this FOA, the DOE Workplace of Indian Vitality is soliciting functions from Indian Tribes, which embody Alaska Native Regional Firms and Village Firms, Intertribal Organizations, and Tribal Vitality Improvement Organizations, to put in clear vitality expertise on Tribal lands.

Purposes are due Might 30, 2024, at 5 p.m. ET.

Informational Webinar Recording

The Workplace of Indian Vitality hosted an informational webinar on March 14 to supply candidates with extra data on the FOA and methods to apply. Along with describing the FOA, data was supplied on who’s eligible to use, what an utility wants to incorporate, value share and different necessities, methods to ask questions, and the way functions can be chosen for funding.

This FOA builds on the authorities granted to the DOE Workplace of Indian Vitality underneath the Vitality Coverage Act of 2005, to speed up the deployment of unpolluted vitality expertise on Tribal lands. Along with the $75 million dedicated to Tribal vitality initiatives chosen in 2023, the Workplace of Indian Vitality has invested over $120 million in Native communities throughout the contiguous 48 states and Alaska since 2010.

These investments have resulted in additional than 46 megawatts of latest electrical energy era put in—serving to energy greater than 8,800 Tribal buildings and contributing meaningfully to the President’s Justice40 Initiative to supply 40% of the general advantages of federal clear vitality investments to deprived and underrepresented communities.

Study extra about previous funding alternatives and the Workplace of Indian Vitality.