Under President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and the Justice40 Initiative, the Department of Interior Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs and the Office of Indian Economic Development's (OIED) Tribal Electrification Program (TEP) is announcing a funding opportunity. This funding is for clean energy household electrification that will benefit Tribal communities in the United States. OIED will select Tribal communities that are in stages ranging from early planning to already implementing plans and actions for household electrification.
The TEP will utilize $145.5 million to increase the number of Tribal homes with zero emission electricity not including $4.5 million for administrative costs to retain a professional services contract to provide technical assistance to tribes in the areas of pre-award guidance, award management, project technical assistance, procurement, and utility system impacts.
Application and Awards Timeline:
The Tribal Electrification Program is accepting applications from May 1st 2024 through June 30, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern. Upon completion of the review and selection process, successful applicants will receive notification from a BIA representative along with a public announcement of selections. Announcement and notification is anticipated to occur in September 2024.
- May 01, 2024 – NOFO announced, Press-release - Application period begins.
- June 30, 2024 – Application period closes.
- July 01, 2024 – Merit Review begins.
- August 31, 2024 – Merit Review ends.
- September 13, 2024 – Budget Negotiations end.
- September 2024 - Awards Announced
- December 19, 2024 – Funds obligated.
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