88 FR 157 pgs. 55674-55685 - Notice of Availability of Tribal Allocation Formula for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Programs

Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 157Pages: 55674 - 55685
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-17571 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 55674, 55675, 55676, 55677, 55678

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of Tribal Allocation Formula for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Programs

AGENCY:

Office of State and Community Energy Programs, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Notice of availability; request for comment.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is publishing its intended allocation formula that will be used to distribute funds to Indian Tribes through the $225 million Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program. The purpose of the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program is to help Tribal households to reduce energy bills, increase home comfort, improve indoor air quality, and reduce emissions by providing direct funding for energy efficiency and electrification home upgrades. This notice provides the tentative allocation formula developed by the Department to distribute funds to Tribes, as well as the allocation amounts and data used to calculate allocations. This notice also describes how Tribes may partner with other Tribes through consortia to submit a single application to DOE, and how Tribes may authorize a third-party agent to handle the application and administration of a grant award.

DATES:

DOE is accepting public comment through September 15, 2023. Comments must be sent to irahomerebates@hq.doe.gov by midnight EST, September 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to irahomerebates@hq.doe.gov and include the subject line "Comment on FRN for Tribal Rebates."

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:


[top] Mr. Adam Hasz, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of State and Community Energy Programs, Home Energy Rebates page 55675 program, SCEP-50, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 617-9081. Email: irahomerebates@hq.doe.gov. Electronic communications are recommended for correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

DOE is publishing its intended allocation formula for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program. Through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Public Law 117-169, section 50122, 1 Congress appropriated $225 million to DOE "to award grants to Indian Tribes to develop and implement a high-efficiency electric home rebate program . . . to remain available through September 30, 2031."? 2 Congress also authorized DOE to utilize 3% of the appropriated funds for program administration and technical assistance, which then provides $218.25 million to be awarded as grants directly to Indian Tribes to develop and implement Tribal rebates programs. 3 Through these grants, Indian Tribes may establish rebates programs to help reduce the upfront cost of efficient electric appliances and other accompanying home energy upgrades in single-family and multi-family homes. As all Federally Recognized Tribes and Tribal entities are Justice40 communities, whether or not they have land, this program also advances the President's historic Justice40 Initiative, established by Executive Order 14008, which set the goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments, such as in climate, clean energy and other areas, flow to disadvantaged or Justice40 communities. 4

Footnotes:

1 ?Codified at 42 U.S.C. 18795a. For more information about the high-efficiency electric home rebate program, commonly referred to as the "Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program", please visit www.energy.gov/scep/tribal-home-energy-rebates.

2 ?42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(1)(B).

3 ?42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(3).

4 ?E.O. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, 86 FR 7619 (Feb. 1, 2021).

While DOE is still developing the program requirements for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program, DOE intends that this tentative formula and the accompanying information regarding the application process will help Indian Tribes to begin planning collaboratively with Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), regional Tribal organizations, Tribal utilities, State Energy Offices, and other important Tribal partner organizations in advance of the release of the program requirements in late 2023.

This notice describes the intended allocation formula that DOE intends to use when issuing Tribal rebates program grant funds to Indian Tribes. 5 The allocation formula described in this notice take into consideration feedback provided by Indian Tribes during a Tribal Consultation DOE hosted in March 2023. DOE also consulted with Tribal housing organizations, other Tribal entities and partners, and other federal agencies with Tribal housing programs as it considered options for this formula.

Footnotes:

5 ?For this program, the term "Indian Tribe" has the meaning given the term in section 5304 of title 25. 42 U.S.C. 18795a(d)(3).

Appendix A provides the mathematical formula DOE plans to use to allocate funding amounts for each Tribe for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program. Appendix B contains the data sources used by the formula to determine the allocations. Appendix C contains a table with the intended formula allocations for Indian Tribes.

DOE requests feedback on all topics discussed in this notice.

II. Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program Allocation Formula

Section 50122(a)(2)(B) of the IRA directs DOE to "reserve funds made available [for Indian Tribes] . . . in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary."? 6 Through this direction, DOE set several goals for its planned Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program allocation formulation based on feedback received during its Tribal Consultation and request for information submissions. 7 This notice describes these goals and the corresponding allocation formula components.

Footnotes:

6 ?42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(2)(B). Grant awards are to be distributed to an Indian Tribe if the application is approved.

7 ?The DOE Home Energy Rebates Request for Information is available at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#FoaId01172e95-5645-4356-8f3b-96fd144f9213.

First, DOE intends to provide an allocation to every Indian Tribe that wants to administer a home electrification and appliance rebates program. To achieve this goal, the formula must provide sufficient funding so that small and under-resourced Tribes can successfully administer rebate programs. While small Tribes often lack existing staff capacity, Tribes may utilize 20% of their grant to cover administrative expenses to help address this issue. DOE intends for the minimum award to each Tribe to provide a meaningful amount of funding for administrative costs, particularly if small Tribes choose to apply via a consortium as described in Section III of this Federal Register Notice. To meet this goal, DOE intends to set the minimum allocation per Tribe at $150,000; this amount will provide each Tribe with a minimum of $30,000 for administrative expenses. This minimum funding will also ensure that each Tribe can provide upgrades for at least eight households at the maximum rebate level of $14,000.


[top] Second, DOE intends to distribute Tribal rebates program grant funds based on Tribal housing and energy upgrade needs. DOE evaluated several potential datasets for housing and energy upgrade needs, but unfortunately most datasets lacked detailed information on housing conditions and energy burden or did not provide full data for all Tribal nations. The best available dataset to describe Tribal housing upgrade needs is the formula data used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to allocate funding for its Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. 8 DOE intends to adopt the IHBG formula by using the proportion that each Tribe received out of the total allocations for IHBG grants in FY2023. Specifically, DOE will use the "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" data from the FY 2023 IHBG Final Summary sheet. 9 The Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation data sums two components from the IHBG formula, the "Need" component and the "Formula Current Assisted Stock" component, with small additional adjustments as required by IHBG regulations. 10 The IHBG formula's "Need" component uses datapoints on housing cost burden, households lacking kitchens or plumbing, low-income housing shortages, low-income Tribal households, and local American Indian and Alaska Native population within the Tribe's IHBG formula area. 11 The IHBG formula's "Formula Current Assisted Stock" component is a factor that incorporates the number of subsidized housing units that are page 55676 directly managed by the Tribe prior to the enactment of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, as amended, (NAHASDA), Public Law 104-330. 12 Because the "Need" component captures various current housing needs variables, and the "Formula Current Assisted Stock" component captures operation and modernization costs of Tribal housing developed pre-NAHASDA, DOE believes that together they may serve as a reasonable proxy of Tribal need for the home electrification and appliance rebates. DOE notes that the IHBG formula was developed through a negotiated rulemaking process. HUD and Tribal leaders and housing professionals representing geographically diverse small, medium, and large Indian Tribes used a unanimous consensus decision-making process to develop the formula. DOE also notes that under the IHBG formula regulations, Indian Tribes are authorized to challenge formula data used in any given year should they feel that the data does not accurately reflect their housing needs. 13

Footnotes:

8 ?The IHBG program website is available at www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/grants/ihbg.

9 ?The "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" is found in Column T of the IHBG FY 2023 Final Summary Sheets, available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.gov%2Fsites%2Fdfiles%2FPIH%2Fdocuments%2FFY_2023_Final_Summary_Sheets.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.

10 ?The full regulations governing the IHBG formula are available at www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-B/chapter-IX/part-1000/subpart-D.

11 ?See 24 CFR 1000.324 for more information on this requirement.

12 ?See 24 CFR 1000.316 for more information on the "Formula Current Assisted Stock" component.

13 ?See 24 CFR 1000.336 for more information on the annual HUD challenge process data used in the IHBG formula.

Third, DOE intends to distribute Tribal rebates program grant funds in an equitable manner that avoids the double-counting of the need of Tribal households with overlapping membership at multiple Tribal levels. For example, in the case of Indian Tribes in Alaska, a Tribal citizen may simultaneously be a member of an Alaska Native Village, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Alaska Native Regional Corporation. To avoid double-counting, DOE plans to provide funding through the method utilized by the IHBG formula, which credits data on local American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population and housing needs for the "Need" formula to the Alaska Native Village. Because each Alaska Native Village Corporation has no "Need" data, it does not receive a formula allocation from the IHBG program. If "Need" data exists that is outside of the area of jurisdiction of the Alaska Native Village, HUD credits data on AIAN population and housing needs outside the Alaska Native Village area to the regional Indian Tribe, and if there is no regional Indian Tribe, to the Alaska Native Regional Corporation for the area. 14

Footnotes:

14 ?The HUD regulations for the "Need" component of the IHBG formula for Alaska Native Villages, Native Village Corporations, Regional Tribes, and Native Regional Corporations is available at www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-B/chapter-IX/part-1000/subpart-D/section-1000.327.

Formula Factors. The Tribal allocation formula DOE intends to implement for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate Program will use the following factors:

• Minimum Allocation of $150,000 per Indian Tribe.

• The relative share of the funding an Indian Tribe would receive from the IHBG formula, calculated by using the Tribe's "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" divided the sum total of the "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" components for all Tribes.

Funding Allocation Design: DOE's formula establishes a minimum level of funding of $150,000 per Indian Tribe. The formula then distributes the remaining funds via the relative share of the funding the Tribe would receive from the IHBG formula. For more detail on the Tribal rebates program grant funds allocation formula, see Appendix A of this notice.

DOE requests feedback on its intended allocation formula for the Tribal rebates program.

III. Designation of Tribal Consortium and Third-Party Agents That Can Submit on Behalf of a Tribe

To assist Tribes in accessing rebates program grant funds, DOE intends to offer two alternative ways for Tribes to apply. First, a group of Tribes may form a Tribal consortium and submit a single application package. This consortium will consist of two or more Indian Tribes, as defined within IRA section 50122(d)(3), that have designated a single Indian Tribe to act on their behalf as lead Indian Tribe of the Tribal consortium. The lead Indian Tribe would be the awardee and would be responsible for meeting all grant requirements on behalf of the Tribal consortium.

Second, DOE intends to allow for an individual Tribe or a Tribal consortium to authorize a third-party agent to prepare its grant application, submit the application, and manage grant funds for a Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program. Tribes may choose any organization to serve as a third-party agent, including existing affiliates such as Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), Tribal utilities, and regional Tribal organizations, so long as that organization is properly authorized to act on the Tribe's behalf via a "Tribal Council Resolution" or "Head of Government Letter."

If authorized by a Tribe or consortium, a third-party agent may draw funds from the Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) system and deposit them into a designated bank account for a Tribe or a Tribal consortium as needed to pay for allowable costs. The third-party agent may also be allowed to submit the required reporting for the Indian Tribe or Tribal consortium pursuant to the award. However, only the Indian Tribe or the lead Indian Tribe of the Tribal consortium may be the awardee. The Indian Tribe and/or the lead Indian Tribe of the Tribal consortium, as applicable, will ultimately be responsible for satisfying all grant requirements. Additionally, the application must be submitted in the name of the Indian Tribe (or lead Indian Tribe if using a Tribal consortium) and use the Indian Tribe's (or lead Indian Tribe's) Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in FedConnect.

A consortium application package or application package submitted by a third-party agent must include a "Tribal Council Resolution" or "Head of Government Letter" from each participating Indian Tribe designating the lead Indian Tribe of the Tribal consortium or third-party to act on its behalf and receive the funding allocated to that specific Tribe. The lead Indian Tribe in a Tribal consortium must also submit a "Tribal Council Resolution" or "Head of Government Letter" stating that it will apply for grant funding and administer the grant on behalf of all Tribes in the consortium; if the lead Tribe plans to work with a third-party agent, it must also identify the third-party agent's responsibilities within the "Tribal Council Resolution" or "Head of Government Letter".

DOE requests feedback on the Tribal consortium process and use of third-party agents working on behalf of a Tribe.

Appendix A. Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program Allocation Formula

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A i = Total amount of funding allocated to Indian Tribe i

m = $150,000 (minimum funding each Indian Tribe must receive)

F = $218,250,000 (total amount of Tribal rebates program funding allocated to grants)

n = number of Indian Tribes receiving funding allocations? 15

Footnotes:

15 ?See Appendix B for details on small changes made to the list of Indian Tribes eligible for funding from this formula compared to the list of Tribes included in the HUD FY2023 IHBG Summary Allocations spreadsheet.


[top] page 55677 E i = The tribe's "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" from the IHBG allocation? 16

Footnotes:

16 ?See Appendix B for details on the slight adjustments made to the HUD FY2023 IHBG Summary Allocations spreadsheet, which is the source of this datapoint for each Tribe.

?E i = The sum of all tribes' "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" numbers from the IHBG allocations

Appendix B. Data Used in the Tribal Rebates Program Allocation Formula

The formula included in Appendix A uses data from a slightly modified version of the "FY_2023_Final_Summary_Sheets" excel document made available by the HUD Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. 17 In consultation with HUD, DOE made the following changes to the original excel document:

Footnotes:

17 ?The summary spreadsheet of the HUD FY2023 IHBG allocations can be viewed at the following link: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.gov%2Fsites%2Fdfiles%2FPIH%2Fdocuments%2FFY_2023_Final_Summary_Sheets.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.

1. DOE removed state-recognized Tribes that receive IHBG allocation under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA)? 18 but that are not eligible to receive allocations under IRA section 50122. These five Tribes are the Coharie Tribe, the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Waacamaw Siouan Tribe.

Footnotes:

18 ?The NAHASDA is available at https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ330/PLAW-104publ330.pdf.

2. DOE asked HUD to calculate the FY2023 allocation that the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California would have received had they accepted IHBG funding. This allocation was then used as the basis of calculating the Tribal rebates program grant funds to be allocated to the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Tribe.

3. HUD informed DOE that the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation received the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS) regional Tribe did not receive its FY2023 IHBG allocation but intends to be the recipient of its IHBG funding in FY2024. DOE asked HUD to switch the FY2023 allocation from the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to ICAS. This follows the IHBG formula regulations for Tribes in Alaska, which assigns the data for the "Need" factor first to the Alaska Native Village, then the regional Tribe, and then to the Alaska Native Regional Corporation. 19

Footnotes:

19 ?The HUD regulations for the "Need" component of the IHBG formula for Alaska Native Villages, Native Village Corporations, Regional Tribes, and Native Regional Corporations is 24 CFR 1000.327, available at www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-B/chapter-IX/part-1000/subpart-D/section-1000.327.

After completing these changes to the "FY_2023_Final_Summary_Sheets" excel document with HUD assistance, DOE used the revised document as the basis for the data inputs for the formula included in Appendix A:

• n = 591, which is the number of Tribes included in the revised IHBG FY2023 allocations spreadsheet.

• E i = The Tribe's "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" in Column T of the revised spreadsheet.

• ?E i = The sum of all Tribes' "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" numbers in Column T of the revised spreadsheet.

The HUD Regulations that govern the collection of data and calculations using that data to create the "Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation" numbers found within Column T of the revised spreadsheet under 24 CFR 1000.301, available at www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-B/chapter-IX/part-1000/subpart-D/.

Additional information and data related to the IHBG formula is available at www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/codetalk/onap/ihbgformula.

Appendix C. List of Intended Formula Allocations for the Tribal Rebates Program

While the data components used to calculate the intended formula allocations for the Tribal Rebates Program are from IHBG FY 2023 data, DOE updated the Tribal names included in the following table to match the Tribal names that HUD updated and published on the FY 2024 estimates on June 1, 2023. 20 States are listed to assist with potential coordination of rebate programs between Tribes and State Energy Offices. However, all Tribal Rebates program allocations will be made directly to Tribes.

Footnotes:

20 ?The FY2024 estimated IHBG allocations that uses the updated list of Tribal names is available at https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hud.gov%2Fsites%2Fdfiles%2FPIH%2Fdocuments%2FFY_2024_Estimate_Allocation_Sheets.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.

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State Tribe Allocation
OK Absentee-Shawnee Tribe $735,103
NM Acoma Pueblo 343,645
AK Afognak 156,621
AK Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove 176,859
CA Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians 176,929
AK AHTNA, Incorporated 463,566
AZ Ak-Chin Indian Community 248,214
AK Akhiok 150,147
AK Akiachak 229,218
AK Akiak 193,948
AK Akutan 151,449
TX Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 169,280
OK Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town 173,013
AK Alakanuk 240,628
AK Alatna 150,147
AK Aleknagik 158,737
AK Aleut Corporation 440,822
AK Algaaciq (St. Mary's) 218,930
AK Allakaket 187,417
CA Alturas Indian Rancheria 150,147
AK Alutiiq (Old Harbor) 165,909
AK Ambler 183,419
AK Anaktuvuk Pass 173,409
AK Angoon 162,139
AK Aniak 194,462
AK Anvik 159,273
OK Apache Tribe 335,887
AK Arctic Village 179,374
AK Asa'Carsarmiut Tribe (Mountain Village) 252,076
MT Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of Ft. Peck 1,068,123
AK Atka 150,147
AK Atmauthluak 183,153
AK Atqasuk (Atkasook) 155,937
CA Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians 150,147
WI Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 452,016
AK Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government 508,214
MI Bay Mills Indian Community 290,230
CA Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria 150,147
AK Beaver 156,524
AK Belkofski 150,147
AK Bering Straits Native Corporation 370,925
CA Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians 250,532
CA Big Lagoon Rancheria 150,147
CA Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley 211,803
CA Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians 198,943
CA Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians 254,872
AK Bill Moore's Slough 150,147
AK Birch Creek 150,147
CA Bishop Paiute Tribe 367,598
MT Blackfeet Tribe 1,433,051
CA Blue Lake Rancheria 150,147
MN Bois Forte Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 329,048
AK Brevig Mission 197,069
CA Bridgeport Indian Colony 176,839
AK Bristol Bay Native Corporation 394,605
AK Buckland 202,969
CA Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians 150,147
OR Burns Paiute Tribe 182,688
CA Cabazon Band of Mission Indians 150,147
CA Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians, Colusa Rancheria 150,147
OK Caddo Nation 266,778
CA Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria 219,302
CA Cahuilla Band of Indians 150,147
CA California Valley Miwok Tribe 150,147
AK Calista Corporation 816,006
CA Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 253,980
AK Cantwell 150,147
CA Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 169,870
SC Catawba Indian Nation 493,421
NY Cayuga Nation 205,532
CA Cedarville Rancheria 150,147
AK Chalkyitsik 168,759
AK Cheesh-Na 150,147
AK Chefornak 206,280
CA Chemehuevi Indian Tribe 296,843
AK Chenega (Chanega) 150,147
CA Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community (Trinidad Rancheria) 150,155
OK Cherokee Nation 6,489,212
AK Chevak 275,983
OK Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes 595,299
SD Cheyenne River Sioux 1,201,976
VA Chickahominy Indian Tribe 195,617
VA Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division 150,606
AK Chickaloon 164,514
OK Chickasaw Nation 2,520,908
CA Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians 150,147
AK Chignik Bay Tribal Council 150,147
AK Chignik Lagoon 150,147
AK Chignik Lake 150,147
AK Chilkat (Klukwan) 150,147
AK Chilkoot (Haines) 153,719
AK Chinik (Golovin) 163,788
MT Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation 642,286
LA Chitimacha Tribe 167,176
AK Chitina 150,147
OK Choctaw Nation 2,451,562
AK Chuathbaluk (Russian Mission, Kuskokwim) 153,606
AK Chugach Alaska Corporation 611,511
AK Chuloonawick 150,147
AK Circle 155,282
OK Citizen Potawatomi Nation 716,072
AK Clarks Point 150,147
CA Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians 198,261
NM Cochiti Pueblo 192,865
AZ Cocopah Tribe 320,614
ID Coeur D'Alene Tribe 338,414
CA Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians 219,621
AZ Colorado River Indian Tribes 651,565
OK Comanche Nation 644,586
MT Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 1,132,555
WA Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation 1,359,390
OR Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 1,048,085
WA Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation 357,665
WA Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 1,424,873
OR Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians 358,967
UT Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation 233,443
OR Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 853,041
OR Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 529,179
OR Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 458,722
AK Cook Inlet Region, Inc 3,193,036
OR Coquille Indian Tribe 396,269
AK Council 150,147
LA Coushatta Tribe 150,147
OR Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe 381,416
WA Cowlitz Indian Tribe 514,054
CA Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians 252,840
AK Craig 173,374
AK Crooked Creek 158,734
SD Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 462,133
MT Crow Tribe 741,631
AK Curyung (Dillingham) 278,419
AK Deering 159,079
OK Delaware Nation (Western) 157,890
OK Delaware Tribe of Indians (Eastern) 238,265
AK Diomede (Inalik) 167,022
AK Dot Lake 150,147
AK Douglas 216,213
AK Doyon, Ltd 1,254,404
CA Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians 314,934
NV Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes 606,641
NV Duckwater Shoshone Tribe 238,553
AK Eagle 150,147
NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 759,899
MO Eastern Shawnee Tribe 153,406
WY Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation 456,868
AK Eek 228,954
AK Egegik 150,147
AK Eklutna 150,119
AK Ekuk 150,147
AK Ekwok 151,724
CA Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians (Sulphur Bank Rancheria) 155,421
AK Elim 197,456
CA Elk Valley Rancheria 150,147
NV Ely Shoshone Tribe 281,431
AK Emmonak 230,911
CA Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians 269,631
AK Evansville (Bettles Field) 150,147
CA Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians 150,147
AK Eyak 163,398
NV Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 454,550
AK False Pass 150,147
SD Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe 225,675
MN Fond Du Lac Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 971,518
WI Forest County Potawatomi Community 210,225
MT Fort Belknap Indian Community 552,541
CA Fort Bidwell Indian Community 235,617
CA Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians 156,591
NV Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes 274,535
AZ Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation 180,413
CA Fort Mojave Indian Tribe 441,202
OK Fort Sill Apache Tribe 157,148
AK Fort Yukon 219,957
AK Gakona 150,147
AK Galena (Louden Village) 179,973
AK Gambell 252,459
AK Georgetown 150,147
AZ Gila River Indian Community 1,718,043
AK Goodnews Bay 164,872
MN Grand Portage Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 210,246
MI Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians 429,210
CA Graton Rancheria Federated Indians 319,552
AK Grayling (Hokikachuk) 180,893
CA Greenville Rancheria 167,645
CA Grindstone Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians 225,874
CA Guidiville Rancheria 182,718
AK Gulkana 150,118
CA Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake 179,031
AK Hamilton 150,147
MI Hannahville Indian Community 185,496
AZ Havasupai Tribe 158,998
AK Healy Lake 150,147
WI Ho-Chunk Nation 1,005,433
WA Hoh Indian Tribe 168,840
AK Holy Cross 173,698
AK Hoonah 174,884
CA Hoopa Valley Tribe 446,251
AK Hooper Bay 299,004
AZ Hopi Tribe 1,723,928
CA Hopland Band of Pomo Indians 307,850
ME Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians 258,504
AZ Hualapai Indian Tribe 458,027
AK Hughes 156,407
AK Huslia 189,808
AK Hydaburg 162,095
AK Igiugig 150,147
CA Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel 153,696
AK Iliamna 150,147
CA Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 150,147
AK Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope 636,168
CA Ione Band of Miwok Indians 213,808
KS Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska 228,709
OK Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma 159,704
AK Iqugmiut Traditional Council (Iqurmuit) 164,445
NM Isleta Pueblo 346,034
AK Ivanof Bay 150,147
CA Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians 150,147
WA Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe 214,200
CA Jamul Indian Village 150,147
NM Jemez Pueblo 253,169
LA Jena Band of Choctaw Indians 150,147
NM Jicarilla Apache Nation 385,038
AK Kaguyak 150,147
AZ Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians 225,524
AK Kake 170,327
AK Kaktovik 161,665
WA Kalispel Indian Community 204,963
AK Kalskag 177,783
AK Kaltag 160,253
AK Kanatak 150,147
AK Karluk 150,147
CA Karuk Tribe 984,218
AK Kasaan 150,147
CA Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, Stewarts Point Rancheria 290,500
AK Kasigluk 209,298
OK Kaw Nation 292,410
AK Kenaitze 403,026
AK Ketchikan 350,849
MI Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 522,062
OK Kialegee Tribal Town 190,567
AK Kiana 174,743
TX Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas 178,142
KS Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas 297,606
OK Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma 242,090
AK King Island 193,760
AK King Salmon 151,059
OK Kiowa Indian Tribe 400,643
AK Kipnuk 265,729
AK Kivalina 221,466
OR Klamath Tribes 886,618
AK Klawock 161,338
CA Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria 159,288
AK Kluti Kaah (Copper Center) 150,000
AK Knik 430,655
AK Kobuk 156,619
CA Koi Nation of Northern California (Lower Lake) 150,147
AK Kokhanok 165,042
AK Kongiganak 207,079
AK Koniag, Incorporated 866,019
ID Kootenai Tribe 155,772
AK Kotlik 241,676
AK Kotzebue 378,657
AK Koyuk 179,205
AK Koyukuk 164,751
AK Kwethluk 233,817
AK Kwigillingok 185,873
AK Kwinhagak (Quinhagak) 243,947
CA La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians 188,293
CA La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 150,147
WI Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 782,707
WI Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 503,265
MI Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians 193,461
NM Laguna Pueblo 409,157
AK Larsen Bay 150,147
NV Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians 150,147
MN Leech Lake Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 1,013,163
AK Levelock 156,582
AK Lime Village 150,147
MI Little River Band of Ottawa Indians 203,452
MT Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians 703,094
MI Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians 292,627
CA Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 194,877
CA Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians 150,147
NV Lovelock Paiute Tribe 175,626
SD Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 410,837
WA Lower Elwha Tribal Community 269,914
AK Lower Kalskag 192,677
MN Lower Sioux Indian Community 187,778
WA Lummi Tribe 891,738
CA Lytton Rancheria of California 176,378
WA Makah Indian Tribe 311,253
CA Manchester Band of Pomo Indians 349,561
AK Manley Hot Springs 150,147
AK Manokotak 229,634
CA Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 150,147
AK Marshall (Fortuna Ledge) 186,548
AK Mary's Igloo 150,147
CT Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe 150,147
MA Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 352,476
MI Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians 178,601
AK McGrath 159,061
CA Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria 225,101
AK Mekoryuk 177,210
WI Menominee Indian Tribe 687,663
AK Mentasta 160,874
CA Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 193,801
NM Mescalero Apache Tribe 573,991
AK Metlakatla (Annette Island) 399,219
OK Miami Tribe 152,756
FL Miccosukee Tribe 150,147
CA Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 169,529
ME Mi'Kmaq Nation (Aroostook) 308,077
MN Mille Lacs Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 438,763
AK Minto 174,002
MS Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians 868,318
NV Moapa Band of Paiute Indians 221,921
OK Modoc Tribe 166,583
CT Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut 150,147
VA Monacan Indian Nation 221,778
CA Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians 331,989
CA Morongo Band of Mission Indians 201,017
WA Muckleshoot Indian Tribe 430,708
OK Muscogee (Creek) Nation 3,793,027
AK Naknek 155,221
NM Nambe Pueblo 196,173
AK NANA Corporation 600,244
VA Nansemond Indian Tribe 171,986
AK Nanwelek (English Bay) 156,194
AK Napaimute 150,147
AK Napakiak 213,210
AK Napaskiak 196,958
RI Narragansett Indian Tribe 234,440
AZ Navajo Nation 16,494,460
AK Nelson Lagoon 150,147
AK Nenana 161,731
AK New Koliganek 162,260
AK New Stuyahok 211,925
AK Newhalen 151,375
AK Newtok 197,733
ID Nez Perce Tribe 407,903
AK Nightmute 173,520
AK Nikolai 155,326
AK Nikolski 150,147
AK Ninilchik 242,402
WA Nisqually Indian Tribe 271,034
AK Noatak 190,010
AK Nome Eskimo Community 354,590
AK Nondalton 150,147
WA Nooksack Indian Tribe 323,427
AK Noorvik 207,974
WY Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation 619,186
MT Northern Cheyenne Tribe 699,715
CA Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians 397,522
AK Northway 169,445
UT Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation 186,149
MI Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi 250,771
AK Nuiqsut (Nooiksut) 181,025
AK Nulato 173,660
AK Nunakauyarmiut (Toksook Bay) 219,391
AK Nunam Iqua (Sheldon's Point) 162,930
AK Nunapitchuk 226,523
SD Oglala Sioux Tribe 2,450,321
NM Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) 274,032
AK Ohogamiut 150,147
NE Omaha Tribe 461,351
NY Oneida Indian Nation of New York 295,488
WI Oneida Nation, Wisconsin 1,104,088
NY Onondaga Nation 150,147
AK Orutsararmuit (Bethel) 585,262
OK Osage Nation 448,649
AK Oscarville 150,147
OK Otoe-Missouria Tribe 204,799
OK Ottawa Tribe 203,458
AK Ouzinkie 151,651
AK Paimiut 150,147
UT Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah 484,458
CA Pala Band of Mission Indians 234,191
VA Pamunkey Indian Tribe 150,147
AZ Pascua Yaqui Tribe 1,164,013
CA Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 200,364
ME Passamaquoddy Tribe 310,985
AK Pauloff Harbor Village 150,147
CA Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 150,569
OK Pawnee Nation 261,466
CA Pechanga Band of Indians 154,073
AK Pedro Bay 150,147
ME Penobscot Nation 416,658
OK Peoria Tribe 408,645
AK Perryville 152,571
AK Petersburg 164,006
CA Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians 364,650
NM Picuris Pueblo 155,867
AK Pilot Point 150,147
AK Pilot Station 218,145
CA Pinoleville Pomo Nation 188,740
CA Pit River Tribe 423,574
AK Pitka's Point 159,624
AK Platinum 150,114
ME Pleasant Point 287,593
AL Poarch Band of Creeks 416,301
AK Point Hope 204,412
AK Point Lay 172,190
NM Pojoaque Pueblo 161,798
MI Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians 762,067
OK Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 310,988
NE Ponca Tribe of Nebraska 642,855
WA Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe 359,207
AK Port Graham 155,150
AK Port Heiden 150,147
AK Port Lions 150,147
AK Portage Creek 150,147
CA Potter Valley Tribe 150,147
KS Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 198,302
MN Prairie Island Indian Community 150,147
WA Puyallup Tribe 911,893
NV Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe 503,408
AK Qagan Tayagungin (Sand Point) 185,543
AK Qawalangin (Unalaska) 157,765
OK Quapaw Tribe 180,793
CA Quartz Valley Indian Community 240,027
AZ Quechan Tribe 440,597
WA Quileute Tribe 250,740
WA Quinault Indian Nation 586,321
CA Ramona Band of Cahuilla 150,147
AK Rampart 151,067
VA Rappahannock Tribe, Inc 153,217
WI Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 375,294
AK Red Devil 150,147
MN Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians 945,181
CA Redding Rancheria 178,860
CA Redwood Valley Rancheria 190,780
NV Reno-Sparks Indian Colony 429,378
CA Resighini Rancheria 150,147
CA Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 199,419
CA Robinson Rancheria 217,750
SD Rosebud Sioux Tribe 1,658,047
CA Round Valley Indian Tribes 897,335
AK Ruby 179,514
IA Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, IA 197,241
KS Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri 180,929
OK Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma 455,270
MI Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe 437,586
AK Saint George Island 150,147
AK Saint Michael 216,459
AK Saint Paul Island 166,895
NY Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 441,321
AK Salamatof 151,650
AZ Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 669,857
WA Samish Indian Nation 400,258
AZ San Carlos Apache Tribe 1,417,171
NM San Felipe Pueblo 247,121
NM San Ildefonso Pueblo 197,744
AZ San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 163,770
CA San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians 196,514
NM Sandia Pueblo 176,721
NM Santa Ana Pueblo 184,365
NM Santa Clara Pueblo 279,204
CA Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians 150,147
CA Santa Rosa Indian Community 243,462
CA Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians 184,019
NE Santee Sioux Nation 312,801
NM Santo Domingo Pueblo 311,742
WA Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe 240,655
MI Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 1,199,867
AK Savoonga 292,683
AK Saxman 161,123
AK Scammon Bay 226,581
CA Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians 174,414
AK Selawik 256,701
AK Seldovia 150,147
OK Seminole Nation 499,035
FL Seminole Tribe of Florida 310,795
NY Seneca Nation of New York 643,131
OK Seneca-Cayuga Nation 174,702
AK Shageluk 161,249
MN Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community 171,967
AK Shaktoolik 172,073
OK Shawnee Tribe 150,147
CA Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians 252,257
CA Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians 188,922
NY Shinnecock Indian Nation 153,757
AK Shishmaref 238,944
WA Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe 187,901
ID Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Ft. Hall Reservation 446,127
AK Shungnak 172,318
SD Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate 881,398
AK Sitka Tribe (Baranof Island) 408,917
AK Skagway 151,020
WA Skokomish Indian Tribe 266,877
UT Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians 150,147
AK Sleetmute 155,353
WA Snoqualmie Indian Tribe 202,607
CA Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians 194,268
WI Sokaogon Chippewa Community 317,192
AK Solomon 150,147
AK South Naknek 150,147
CO Southern Ute Indian Tribe 408,002
ND Spirit Lake Tribe 715,203
WA Spokane Tribe 663,069
WA Squaxin Island Tribe 327,613
WI St. Croix Chippewa Indians 428,383
ND Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 1,257,983
AK Stebbins Community Association 237,840
AK Stevens Village 150,147
WA Stillaguamish Tribe 187,334
WI Stockbridge-Munsee Community 233,473
AK Stony River 150,147
NV Summit Lake Paiute Tribe 150,147
AK Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (Shoonaq') 221,514
WA Suquamish Indian Tribe 334,754
CA Susanville Indian Rancheria 299,971
WA Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 383,295
CA Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation 150,147
CA Table Mountain Rancheria 150,147
AK Takotna 150,147
AK Tanacross 157,472
AK Tanana 177,226
AK Tangirnaq (Lesnoi) 150,147
NM Taos Pueblo 223,153
AK Tatitlek 150,147
AK Tazlina 150,147
CA Tejon Indian Tribe 150,147
AK Telida 150,147
AK Teller 178,153
NV Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians 382,149
NM Tesuque Pueblo 160,492
AK Tetlin 165,753
OK Thlopthlocco Tribal Town 197,627
ND Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold 840,237
CA Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (Death Valley) 165,495
AK Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes Central Council 1,122,121
AK Togiak 231,335
AZ Tohono O'odham Nation 3,029,950
CA Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (Smith River Rancheria) 359,727
NY Tonawanda Band of Seneca 150,147
OK Tonkawa Tribe 239,692
AZ Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona 150,147
CA Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians 177,629
WA Tulalip Tribes 824,467
CA Tule River Indian Tribe 471,504
AK Tuluksak 206,706
LA Tunica-Biloxi Tribe 231,339
AK Tuntutuliak 251,666
AK Tununak 190,668
CA Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 214,943
ND Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians 1,590,715
NY Tuscarora Nation 150,147
CA Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians 150,147
AK Twin Hills 157,700
AK Tyonek 181,678
AK Ugashik 150,147
AK Umkumiut 150,147
AK Unalakleet 191,280
AK Unga 150,147
CA United Auburn Indian Community 179,384
OK United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 421,409
VA Upper Mattaponi Tribe 177,339
MN Upper Sioux Community 193,837
WA Upper Skagit Tribe 418,390
UT Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation 460,479
CO Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 437,798
CA Utu Utu Gwaiti Paiute Tribe 150,147
AK Venetie 174,797
CA Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band 171,756
AK Wainwright 202,468
AK Wales 184,835
NV Walker River Paiute Tribe 637,169
MA Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) 218,538
NV Washoe Tribe 464,204
MN White Earth Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe 796,991
AK White Mountain 170,835
AZ White Mountain Apache (Fort Apache) 1,845,814
OK Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 226,465
CA Wilton Rancheria 255,758
NE Winnebago Tribe 433,218
NV Winnemucca Indian Colony 150,147
CA Wiyot Tribe (Table Bluff) 150,147
AK Wrangell 174,561
OK Wyandotte Nation 257,115
AK Yakutat Tlingit Tribe 158,159
SD Yankton Sioux Tribe 551,918
AZ Yavapai-Apache Nation (Camp Verde) 327,173
AZ Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe 150,147
NV Yerington Paiute Tribe 316,605
CA Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Rumsey Rancheria) 150,147
NV Yomba Shoshone Tribe 204,468
TX Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo 601,545
CA Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (San Manuel) 150,147
AK Yupiit of Andreafski 158,077
CA Yurok Tribe 1,152,502
NM Zia Pueblo 195,243
NM Zuni Tribe 701,430


Signing Authority

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 10, 2023, by Dr. Henry McKoy, Director of the Office of State and Community Energy Programs, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register .

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2023.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 2023-17571 Filed 8-15-23; 8:45 am]

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