06 / Twelve areas of sovereignty
Tribal Energy Sovereignty Plan
This plan shows how the Tribe gets its power today, where it's exposed to outages and cost, and the path to steady power the Tribe controls.
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What we map
- power bills and usage data for each major building
- utility agreements and which utilities serve which buildings
- generators, solar and other on-site power
- outage and voltage history
- planned new loads such as chargers, businesses and housing
- who holds the Tribe's energy data
The plan includes the path to the Tribe's own utility authority. The required council actions and legal steps are confirmed with Tribal counsel.
Capital and technical support
- Capital
- grid resilience grant; federal and state energy grants; tax credits paid to the Tribe as cash; utility-type loans.
- Technical
- licensed electrical engineers; counsel experienced in setting up tribal utility authorities.
The application
One prepared application for the DOE Grid Resilience grant.
Current application window
A timely place to begin.
The current DOE Grid Resilience formula grant round closes February 17, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The program publishes formula allocations for eligible Tribes. An allocation is not an award, and DOE makes the final decision.
The plan maps a defined project, utility coordination, and the match requirements. Requirements and eligibility are confirmed for the Tribe before its application is prepared.
Read the DOE program requirements (opens in a new tab) ↗Deadline checked November 6, 2026. No grant award or savings is promised.
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The priorities, decisions, and finished plan stay with the Tribe.