The U.S. Department of Energy designed the Addressing Regulatory Challenges to Tribal Solar Deployment Guidebook to support Tribes working to deploy solar energy on Tribal lands. While many Tribes have explored options to install solar photovoltaic (PV) generation capacity on their land, regulatory and other hurdles have often prevented them from doing so.
In partnership with Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA), and extensive stakeholder engagement with more than 600 tribal, regulatory, utility, and other groups, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed the guidebook to identify key barriers and develop replicable solutions for Tribes seeking to install solar on Tribal land.