Join the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA), with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and RENEW Wisconsin, for the MTERA 2021 Virtual Conference.

MTERA recently launched a partnership with Slipstream, the Indian Land Tenure Foundation, and LHB. The project seeks to identify barriers and opportunities for the eleven Native American Tribes in Minnesota to see greater benefits from energy efficiency investments through the State's Conservation Improvement Program (CIP).

MnDOT’s Clean Transportation Pilot Funding Program provides up to $2 million annually in grants ranging from $25,000 to $500,000 to pilot, test, and increase adoption of clean transportation technologies, especially where cost is a barrier to implementation.

The solicitation seeks proposals from Tribes for energy resource assessments, project feasibility studies, or other pre-development studies necessary to process, use and develop energy and mineral resources.

FEMA announced a $500 million infrastructure grant program that offers opportunities for microgrids, energy storage, backup power, and other advanced energy solutions. There is a $20 million set-aside for Tribes.

MTERA has partnered with NREL on a 3-year project to identify, and develop solutions for, regulatory barriers to Tribal adoption of solar PV.

UW Madison’s Sustainable Microgrids Partnership (SMP) team is interested in energy resilience and researching technical solutions, particularly for critical infrastructure. Midwest Tribes are encouraged to participate.

The Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group is seeking input to guide COVID-19 policy, programs, and relief funding directions under consideration by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its Office of Indian Energy.

Tribal utilities, Tribal renewable energy development, and Tribal microgrids were discussed in the hearing.

The solicitation seeks proposals for increasing the technical capacity of federally recognized Tribes to manage and regulate their energy resources. Applications are due September 1, 2020.