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U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Tribal Energy Program

Photo of a teepee and a wind turbine.

Turbine installed at the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota
Credit: Intertribal Council on Utility Policy Corporation

The program promotes tribal energy sufficiency and fosters employment and economic development on America's tribal lands. For more information, see the Tribal Energy Program Web site.

The Tribal Energy Program offers financial and technical assistance to Indian tribes to help them evaluate and develop their renewable energy resources and reduce their energy consumption through efficiency and weatherization. As building knowledge and skills is essential to developing, implementing, and sustaining energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, the program also offers education and training opportunities.

See our "Renewable Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Development on Tribal Lands" program brochure.

Since 2002, DOE has invested over $30 million in 129 tribal energy projects across the Country. For a map of project locations and project summaries, see Projects on Tribal Lands.

For Tribes interested in energy efficiency or developing their renewable energy resources, the program has developed a "Guide to Tribal Energy Development."

DOE Funding for the Tribal Energy Program

The following graph shows Congressional funding by year for the DOE Tribal Energy Program.

This bar chart shows the Tribal Energy Program fiscal year funding from 2002 through 2010. Funding in 2002 was $3 million, funding in 2003 was $5 million, funding in 2004 was $2.5 million, funding in 2005 was slightly more than $3 million, funding in 2006 was $3 million, funding in 2007 was $4 million, funding in 2008 and 2009 was $6 million, and funding in 2010 was $10 million.

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Photo of a wind turbine at a Sioux Reservation in Fort Totten, North Dakota

Tribal Energy Program Web Site