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

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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:

Mr. Adam Hasz, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of State and Community Energy Programs, Home Energy Rebates

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,

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.

This notice describes these goals and the corresponding allocation formula components.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The IHBG formula's “Formula Current Assisted Stock” component is a factor that incorporates the number of subsidized housing units that are

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.

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.

The IHBG program website is available at

www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/ih/grants/ihbg.

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.

The full regulations governing the IHBG formula are available at

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-B/chapter-IX/part-1000/subpart-D.

See 24 CFR 1000.324 for more information on this requirement.

See 24 CFR 1000.316 for more information on the “Formula Current Assisted Stock” component.

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.

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

EN16AU23.003

= 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

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.

= The tribe's “Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation” from the IHBG allocation

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

= 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.

In consultation with HUD, DOE made the following changes to the original excel document:

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)

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.

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.

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

= The Tribe's “Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation” in Column T of the revised spreadsheet.

• ∑E

= 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.

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.

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.

State

Tribe

Allocation

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe

$735,103

Acoma Pueblo

343,645

Afognak

156,621

Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove

176,859

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

176,929

AHTNA, Incorporated

463,566

Ak-Chin Indian Community

248,214

Akhiok

150,147

Akiachak

229,218

Akiak

193,948

Akutan

151,449

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

169,280

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town

173,013

Alakanuk

240,628

Alatna

150,147

Aleknagik

158,737

Aleut Corporation

440,822

Algaaciq (St. Mary's)

218,930

Allakaket

187,417

Alturas Indian Rancheria

150,147

Alutiiq (Old Harbor)

165,909

Ambler

183,419

Anaktuvuk Pass

173,409

Angoon

162,139

Aniak

194,462

Anvik

159,273

Apache Tribe

335,887

Arctic Village

179,374

Asa'Carsarmiut Tribe (Mountain Village)

252,076

Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of Ft. Peck

1,068,123

Atka

150,147

Atmauthluak

183,153

Atqasuk (Atkasook)

155,937

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians

150,147

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa

452,016

Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government

508,214

Bay Mills Indian Community

290,230

Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria

150,147

Beaver

156,524

Belkofski

150,147

Bering Straits Native Corporation

370,925

Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians

250,532

Big Lagoon Rancheria

150,147

Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley

211,803

Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians

198,943

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians

254,872

Bill Moore's Slough

150,147

Birch Creek

150,147

Bishop Paiute Tribe

367,598

Blackfeet Tribe

1,433,051

Blue Lake Rancheria

150,147

Bois Forte Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

329,048

Brevig Mission

197,069

Bridgeport Indian Colony

176,839

Bristol Bay Native Corporation

394,605

Buckland

202,969

Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

150,147

Burns Paiute Tribe

182,688

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

150,147

Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians, Colusa Rancheria

150,147

Caddo Nation

266,778

Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria

219,302

Cahuilla Band of Indians

150,147

California Valley Miwok Tribe

150,147

Calista Corporation

816,006

Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

253,980

Cantwell

150,147

Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

169,870

Catawba Indian Nation

493,421

Cayuga Nation

205,532

Cedarville Rancheria

150,147

Chalkyitsik

168,759

Cheesh-Na

150,147

Chefornak

206,280

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe

296,843

Chenega (Chanega)

150,147

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community (Trinidad Rancheria)

150,155

Cherokee Nation

6,489,212

Chevak

275,983

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

595,299

Cheyenne River Sioux

1,201,976

Chickahominy Indian Tribe

195,617

Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division

150,606

Chickaloon

164,514

Chickasaw Nation

2,520,908

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

150,147

Chignik Bay Tribal Council

150,147

Chignik Lagoon

150,147

Chignik Lake

150,147

Chilkat (Klukwan)

150,147

Chilkoot (Haines)

153,719

Chinik (Golovin)

163,788

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation

642,286

Chitimacha Tribe

167,176

Chitina

150,147

Choctaw Nation

2,451,562

Chuathbaluk (Russian Mission, Kuskokwim)

153,606

Chugach Alaska Corporation

611,511

Chuloonawick

150,147

Circle

155,282

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

716,072

Clarks Point

150,147

Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians

198,261

Cochiti Pueblo

192,865

Cocopah Tribe

320,614

Coeur D'Alene Tribe

338,414

Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians

219,621

Colorado River Indian Tribes

651,565

Comanche Nation

644,586

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

1,132,555

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

1,359,390

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

1,048,085

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

357,665

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

1,424,873

Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians

358,967

Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation

233,443

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community

853,041

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

529,179

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

458,722

Cook Inlet Region, Inc

3,193,036

Coquille Indian Tribe

396,269

Council

150,147

Coushatta Tribe

150,147

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe

381,416

Cowlitz Indian Tribe

514,054

Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians

252,840

Craig

173,374

Crooked Creek

158,734

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

462,133

Crow Tribe

741,631

Curyung (Dillingham)

278,419

Deering

159,079

Delaware Nation (Western)

157,890

Delaware Tribe of Indians (Eastern)

238,265

Diomede (Inalik)

167,022

Dot Lake

150,147

Douglas

216,213

Doyon, Ltd

1,254,404

Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians

314,934

Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes

606,641

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe

238,553

Eagle

150,147

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

759,899

Eastern Shawnee Tribe

153,406

Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

456,868

Eek

228,954

Egegik

150,147

Eklutna

150,119

Ekuk

150,147

Ekwok

151,724

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians (Sulphur Bank Rancheria)

155,421

Elim

197,456

Elk Valley Rancheria

150,147

Ely Shoshone Tribe

281,431

Emmonak

230,911

Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians

269,631

Evansville (Bettles Field)

150,147

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians

150,147

Eyak

163,398

Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe

454,550

False Pass

150,147

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

225,675

Fond Du Lac Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

971,518

Forest County Potawatomi Community

210,225

Fort Belknap Indian Community

552,541

Fort Bidwell Indian Community

235,617

Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians

156,591

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes

274,535

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

180,413

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe

441,202

Fort Sill Apache Tribe

157,148

Fort Yukon

219,957

Gakona

150,147

Galena (Louden Village)

179,973

Gambell

252,459

Georgetown

150,147

Gila River Indian Community

1,718,043

Goodnews Bay

164,872

Grand Portage Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

210,246

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

429,210

Graton Rancheria Federated Indians

319,552

Grayling (Hokikachuk)

180,893

Greenville Rancheria

167,645

Grindstone Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians

225,874

Guidiville Rancheria

182,718

Gulkana

150,118

Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake

179,031

Hamilton

150,147

Hannahville Indian Community

185,496

Havasupai Tribe

158,998

Healy Lake

150,147

Ho-Chunk Nation

1,005,433

Hoh Indian Tribe

168,840

Holy Cross

173,698

Hoonah

174,884

Hoopa Valley Tribe

446,251

Hooper Bay

299,004

Hopi Tribe

1,723,928

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians

307,850

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

258,504

Hualapai Indian Tribe

458,027

Hughes

156,407

Huslia

189,808

Hydaburg

162,095

Igiugig

150,147

Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel

153,696

Iliamna

150,147

Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

150,147

Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope

636,168

Ione Band of Miwok Indians

213,808

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

228,709

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

159,704

Iqugmiut Traditional Council (Iqurmuit)

164,445

Isleta Pueblo

346,034

Ivanof Bay

150,147

Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians

150,147

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

214,200

Jamul Indian Village

150,147

Jemez Pueblo

253,169

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

150,147

Jicarilla Apache Nation

385,038

Kaguyak

150,147

Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians

225,524

Kake

170,327

Kaktovik

161,665

Kalispel Indian Community

204,963

Kalskag

177,783

Kaltag

160,253

Kanatak

150,147

Karluk

150,147

Karuk Tribe

984,218

Kasaan

150,147

Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, Stewarts Point Rancheria

290,500

Kasigluk

209,298

Kaw Nation

292,410

Kenaitze

403,026

Ketchikan

350,849

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

522,062

Kialegee Tribal Town

190,567

Kiana

174,743

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

178,142

Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas

297,606

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma

242,090

King Island

193,760

King Salmon

151,059

Kiowa Indian Tribe

400,643

Kipnuk

265,729

Kivalina

221,466

Klamath Tribes

886,618

Klawock

161,338

Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria

159,288

Kluti Kaah (Copper Center)

150,000

Knik

430,655

Kobuk

156,619

Koi Nation of Northern California (Lower Lake)

150,147

Kokhanok

165,042

Kongiganak

207,079

Koniag, Incorporated

866,019

Kootenai Tribe

155,772

Kotlik

241,676

Kotzebue

378,657

Koyuk

179,205

Koyukuk

164,751

Kwethluk

233,817

Kwigillingok

185,873

Kwinhagak (Quinhagak)

243,947

La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians

188,293

La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

150,147

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

782,707

Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

503,265

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians

193,461

Laguna Pueblo

409,157

Larsen Bay

150,147

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians

150,147

Leech Lake Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

1,013,163

Levelock

156,582

Lime Village

150,147

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

203,452

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians

703,094

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians

292,627

Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe

194,877

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians

150,147

Lovelock Paiute Tribe

175,626

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

410,837

Lower Elwha Tribal Community

269,914

Lower Kalskag

192,677

Lower Sioux Indian Community

187,778

Lummi Tribe

891,738

Lytton Rancheria of California

176,378

Makah Indian Tribe

311,253

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians

349,561

Manley Hot Springs

150,147

Manokotak

229,634

Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

150,147

Marshall (Fortuna Ledge)

186,548

Mary's Igloo

150,147

Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe

150,147

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

352,476

Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians

178,601

McGrath

159,061

Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria

225,101

Mekoryuk

177,210

Menominee Indian Tribe

687,663

Mentasta

160,874

Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

193,801

Mescalero Apache Tribe

573,991

Metlakatla (Annette Island)

399,219

Miami Tribe

152,756

Miccosukee Tribe

150,147

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians

169,529

Mi'Kmaq Nation (Aroostook)

308,077

Mille Lacs Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

438,763

Minto

174,002

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

868,318

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians

221,921

Modoc Tribe

166,583

Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut

150,147

Monacan Indian Nation

221,778

Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians

331,989

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

201,017

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

430,708

Muscogee (Creek) Nation

3,793,027

Naknek

155,221

Nambe Pueblo

196,173

NANA Corporation

600,244

Nansemond Indian Tribe

171,986

Nanwelek (English Bay)

156,194

Napaimute

150,147

Napakiak

213,210

Napaskiak

196,958

Narragansett Indian Tribe

234,440

Navajo Nation

16,494,460

Nelson Lagoon

150,147

Nenana

161,731

New Koliganek

162,260

New Stuyahok

211,925

Newhalen

151,375

Newtok

197,733

Nez Perce Tribe

407,903

Nightmute

173,520

Nikolai

155,326

Nikolski

150,147

Ninilchik

242,402

Nisqually Indian Tribe

271,034

Noatak

190,010

Nome Eskimo Community

354,590

Nondalton

150,147

Nooksack Indian Tribe

323,427

Noorvik

207,974

Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

619,186

Northern Cheyenne Tribe

699,715

Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians

397,522

Northway

169,445

Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

186,149

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi

250,771

Nuiqsut (Nooiksut)

181,025

Nulato

173,660

Nunakauyarmiut (Toksook Bay)

219,391

Nunam Iqua (Sheldon's Point)

162,930

Nunapitchuk

226,523

Oglala Sioux Tribe

2,450,321

Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)

274,032

Ohogamiut

150,147

Omaha Tribe

461,351

Oneida Indian Nation of New York

295,488

Oneida Nation, Wisconsin

1,104,088

Onondaga Nation

150,147

Orutsararmuit (Bethel)

585,262

Osage Nation

448,649

Oscarville

150,147

Otoe-Missouria Tribe

204,799

Ottawa Tribe

203,458

Ouzinkie

151,651

Paimiut

150,147

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

484,458

Pala Band of Mission Indians

234,191

Pamunkey Indian Tribe

150,147

Pascua Yaqui Tribe

1,164,013

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians

200,364

Passamaquoddy Tribe

310,985

Pauloff Harbor Village

150,147

Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

150,569

Pawnee Nation

261,466

Pechanga Band of Indians

154,073

Pedro Bay

150,147

Penobscot Nation

416,658

Peoria Tribe

408,645

Perryville

152,571

Petersburg

164,006

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians

364,650

Picuris Pueblo

155,867

Pilot Point

150,147

Pilot Station

218,145

Pinoleville Pomo Nation

188,740

Pit River Tribe

423,574

Pitka's Point

159,624

Platinum

150,114

Pleasant Point

287,593

Poarch Band of Creeks

416,301

Point Hope

204,412

Point Lay

172,190

Pojoaque Pueblo

161,798

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

762,067

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

310,988

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

642,855

Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe

359,207

Port Graham

155,150

Port Heiden

150,147

Port Lions

150,147

Portage Creek

150,147

Potter Valley Tribe

150,147

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

198,302

Prairie Island Indian Community

150,147

Puyallup Tribe

911,893

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

503,408

Qagan Tayagungin (Sand Point)

185,543

Qawalangin (Unalaska)

157,765

Quapaw Tribe

180,793

Quartz Valley Indian Community

240,027

Quechan Tribe

440,597

Quileute Tribe

250,740

Quinault Indian Nation

586,321

Ramona Band of Cahuilla

150,147

Rampart

151,067

Rappahannock Tribe, Inc

153,217

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

375,294

Red Devil

150,147

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

945,181

Redding Rancheria

178,860

Redwood Valley Rancheria

190,780

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

429,378

Resighini Rancheria

150,147

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

199,419

Robinson Rancheria

217,750

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

1,658,047

Round Valley Indian Tribes

897,335

Ruby

179,514

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, IA

197,241

Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri

180,929

Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma

455,270

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

437,586

Saint George Island

150,147

Saint Michael

216,459

Saint Paul Island

166,895

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

441,321

Salamatof

151,650

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

669,857

Samish Indian Nation

400,258

San Carlos Apache Tribe

1,417,171

San Felipe Pueblo

247,121

San Ildefonso Pueblo

197,744

San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

163,770

San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

196,514

Sandia Pueblo

176,721

Santa Ana Pueblo

184,365

Santa Clara Pueblo

279,204

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians

150,147

Santa Rosa Indian Community

243,462

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians

184,019

Santee Sioux Nation

312,801

Santo Domingo Pueblo

311,742

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe

240,655

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

1,199,867

Savoonga

292,683

Saxman

161,123

Scammon Bay

226,581

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians

174,414

Selawik

256,701

Seldovia

150,147

Seminole Nation

499,035

Seminole Tribe of Florida

310,795

Seneca Nation of New York

643,131

Seneca-Cayuga Nation

174,702

Shageluk

161,249

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

171,967

Shaktoolik

172,073

Shawnee Tribe

150,147

Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians

252,257

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

188,922

Shinnecock Indian Nation

153,757

Shishmaref

238,944

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe

187,901

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Ft. Hall Reservation

446,127

Shungnak

172,318

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

881,398

Sitka Tribe (Baranof Island)

408,917

Skagway

151,020

Skokomish Indian Tribe

266,877

Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians

150,147

Sleetmute

155,353

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe

202,607

Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians

194,268

Sokaogon Chippewa Community

317,192

Solomon

150,147

South Naknek

150,147

Southern Ute Indian Tribe

408,002

Spirit Lake Tribe

715,203

Spokane Tribe

663,069

Squaxin Island Tribe

327,613

St. Croix Chippewa Indians

428,383

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

1,257,983

Stebbins Community Association

237,840

Stevens Village

150,147

Stillaguamish Tribe

187,334

Stockbridge-Munsee Community

233,473

Stony River

150,147

Summit Lake Paiute Tribe

150,147

Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (Shoonaq')

221,514

Suquamish Indian Tribe

334,754

Susanville Indian Rancheria

299,971

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

383,295

Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation

150,147

Table Mountain Rancheria

150,147

Takotna

150,147

Tanacross

157,472

Tanana

177,226

Tangirnaq (Lesnoi)

150,147

Taos Pueblo

223,153

Tatitlek

150,147

Tazlina

150,147

Tejon Indian Tribe

150,147

Telida

150,147

Teller

178,153

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians

382,149

Tesuque Pueblo

160,492

Tetlin

165,753

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town

197,627

Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold

840,237

Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (Death Valley)

165,495

Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes Central Council

1,122,121

Togiak

231,335

Tohono O'odham Nation

3,029,950

Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (Smith River Rancheria)

359,727

Tonawanda Band of Seneca

150,147

Tonkawa Tribe

239,692

Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona

150,147

Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

177,629

Tulalip Tribes

824,467

Tule River Indian Tribe

471,504

Tuluksak

206,706

Tunica-Biloxi Tribe

231,339

Tuntutuliak

251,666

Tununak

190,668

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians

214,943

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

1,590,715

Tuscarora Nation

150,147

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

150,147

Twin Hills

157,700

Tyonek

181,678

Ugashik

150,147

Umkumiut

150,147

Unalakleet

191,280

Unga

150,147

United Auburn Indian Community

179,384

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

421,409

Upper Mattaponi Tribe

177,339

Upper Sioux Community

193,837

Upper Skagit Tribe

418,390

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation

460,479

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

437,798

Utu Utu Gwaiti Paiute Tribe

150,147

Venetie

174,797

Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band

171,756

Wainwright

202,468

Wales

184,835

Walker River Paiute Tribe

637,169

Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

218,538

Washoe Tribe

464,204

White Earth Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

796,991

White Mountain

170,835

White Mountain Apache (Fort Apache)

1,845,814

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

226,465

Wilton Rancheria

255,758

Winnebago Tribe

433,218

Winnemucca Indian Colony

150,147

Wiyot Tribe (Table Bluff)

150,147

Wrangell

174,561

Wyandotte Nation

257,115

Yakutat Tlingit Tribe

158,159

Yankton Sioux Tribe

551,918

Yavapai-Apache Nation (Camp Verde)

327,173

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe

150,147

Yerington Paiute Tribe

316,605

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Rumsey Rancheria)

150,147

Yomba Shoshone Tribe

204,468

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

601,545

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (San Manuel)

150,147

Yupiit of Andreafski

158,077

Yurok Tribe

1,152,502

Zia Pueblo

195,243

Zuni Tribe

701,430

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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

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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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