2023-17571. 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 [e-mail] by midnight EST, September 15, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to [e-mail] 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: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]. 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,^[1] 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.” ^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.

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.” ^[6] 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.^[7] This notice describes these goals and the corresponding allocation formula components.

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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

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

A_i = 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 ^[15]

E_i = The tribe's “Unadjusted FY 2023 Allocation” from the IHBG allocation ^[16]

∑E_i = 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.^[17] In consultation with HUD, DOE made the following changes to the original excel document:

1. DOE removed state-recognized Tribes that receive IHBG allocation under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) ^[18] 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.

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.^[19]

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

• ∑E_i = 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.^[20] 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.

State	Tribe	Allocation
OK	Absentee-Shawnee Tribe	$735,103
NM	Acoma Pueblo	343,645
AK	Afognak	156,621
AK	Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove	176,859
CA	Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians	176,929
AK	AHTNA, Incorporated	463,566
AZ	Ak-Chin Indian Community	248,214
AK	Akhiok	150,147
AK	Akiachak	229,218
AK	Akiak	193,948
AK	Akutan	151,449
TX	Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas	169,280
OK	Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town	173,013
AK	Alakanuk	240,628
AK	Alatna	150,147
AK	Aleknagik	158,737
AK	Aleut Corporation	440,822
AK	Algaaciq (St. Mary's)	218,930
AK	Allakaket	187,417
CA	Alturas Indian Rancheria	150,147
AK	Alutiiq (Old Harbor)	165,909
AK	Ambler	183,419
AK	Anaktuvuk Pass	173,409
AK	Angoon	162,139
AK	Aniak	194,462
AK	Anvik	159,273
OK	Apache Tribe	335,887
AK	Arctic Village	179,374
AK	Asa'Carsarmiut Tribe (Mountain Village)	252,076
MT	Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of Ft. Peck	1,068,123
AK	Atka	150,147
AK	Atmauthluak	183,153
AK	Atqasuk (Atkasook)	155,937
CA	Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians	150,147
WI	Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa	452,016
AK	Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government	508,214
MI	Bay Mills Indian Community	290,230
CA	Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria	150,147
AK	Beaver	156,524
AK	Belkofski	150,147
AK	Bering Straits Native Corporation	370,925
CA	Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians	250,532
CA	Big Lagoon Rancheria	150,147
CA	Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley	211,803
CA	Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians	198,943
CA	Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians	254,872
AK	Bill Moore's Slough	150,147
AK	Birch Creek	150,147
CA	Bishop Paiute Tribe	367,598
MT	Blackfeet Tribe	1,433,051
CA	Blue Lake Rancheria	150,147
MN	Bois Forte Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	329,048
AK	Brevig Mission	197,069
CA	Bridgeport Indian Colony	176,839
AK	Bristol Bay Native Corporation	394,605
AK	Buckland	202,969
CA	Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians	150,147
OR	Burns Paiute Tribe	182,688
CA	Cabazon Band of Mission Indians	150,147
CA	Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians, Colusa Rancheria	150,147
OK	Caddo Nation	266,778
CA	Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria	219,302
CA	Cahuilla Band of Indians	150,147
CA	California Valley Miwok Tribe	150,147
AK	Calista Corporation	816,006
CA	Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	253,980
AK	Cantwell	150,147
CA	Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	169,870
SC	Catawba Indian Nation	493,421
NY	Cayuga Nation	205,532
CA	Cedarville Rancheria	150,147
AK	Chalkyitsik	168,759
AK	Cheesh-Na	150,147
AK	Chefornak	206,280
CA	Chemehuevi Indian Tribe	296,843
AK	Chenega (Chanega)	150,147
CA	Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community (Trinidad Rancheria)	150,155
OK	Cherokee Nation	6,489,212
AK	Chevak	275,983
OK	Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes	595,299
SD	Cheyenne River Sioux	1,201,976
VA	Chickahominy Indian Tribe	195,617
VA	Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division	150,606
AK	Chickaloon	164,514
OK	Chickasaw Nation	2,520,908
CA	Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians	150,147
AK	Chignik Bay Tribal Council	150,147
AK	Chignik Lagoon	150,147
AK	Chignik Lake	150,147
AK	Chilkat (Klukwan)	150,147
AK	Chilkoot (Haines)	153,719
AK	Chinik (Golovin)	163,788
MT	Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation	642,286
LA	Chitimacha Tribe	167,176
AK	Chitina	150,147
OK	Choctaw Nation	2,451,562
AK	Chuathbaluk (Russian Mission, Kuskokwim)	153,606
AK	Chugach Alaska Corporation	611,511
AK	Chuloonawick	150,147
AK	Circle	155,282
OK	Citizen Potawatomi Nation	716,072
AK	Clarks Point	150,147
CA	Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians	198,261
NM	Cochiti Pueblo	192,865
AZ	Cocopah Tribe	320,614
ID	Coeur D'Alene Tribe	338,414
CA	Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians	219,621
AZ	Colorado River Indian Tribes	651,565
OK	Comanche Nation	644,586
MT	Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes	1,132,555
WA	Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation	1,359,390
OR	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians	1,048,085
WA	Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation	357,665
WA	Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation	1,424,873
OR	Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians	358,967
UT	Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation	233,443
OR	Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community	853,041
OR	Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation	529,179
OR	Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation	458,722
AK	Cook Inlet Region, Inc	3,193,036
OR	Coquille Indian Tribe	396,269
AK	Council	150,147
LA	Coushatta Tribe	150,147
OR	Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe	381,416
WA	Cowlitz Indian Tribe	514,054
CA	Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians	252,840
AK	Craig	173,374
AK	Crooked Creek	158,734
SD	Crow Creek Sioux Tribe	462,133
MT	Crow Tribe	741,631
AK	Curyung (Dillingham)	278,419
AK	Deering	159,079
OK	Delaware Nation (Western)	157,890
OK	Delaware Tribe of Indians (Eastern)	238,265
AK	Diomede (Inalik)	167,022
AK	Dot Lake	150,147
AK	Douglas	216,213
AK	Doyon, Ltd	1,254,404
CA	Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians	314,934
NV	Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribes	606,641
NV	Duckwater Shoshone Tribe	238,553
AK	Eagle	150,147
NC	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	759,899
MO	Eastern Shawnee Tribe	153,406
WY	Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation	456,868
AK	Eek	228,954
AK	Egegik	150,147
AK	Eklutna	150,119
AK	Ekuk	150,147
AK	Ekwok	151,724
CA	Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians (Sulphur Bank Rancheria)	155,421
AK	Elim	197,456
CA	Elk Valley Rancheria	150,147
NV	Ely Shoshone Tribe	281,431
AK	Emmonak	230,911
CA	Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians	269,631
AK	Evansville (Bettles Field)	150,147
CA	Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians	150,147
AK	Eyak	163,398
NV	Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe	454,550
AK	False Pass	150,147
SD	Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe	225,675
MN	Fond Du Lac Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	971,518
WI	Forest County Potawatomi Community	210,225
MT	Fort Belknap Indian Community	552,541
CA	Fort Bidwell Indian Community	235,617
CA	Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians	156,591
NV	Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes	274,535
AZ	Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation	180,413
CA	Fort Mojave Indian Tribe	441,202
OK	Fort Sill Apache Tribe	157,148
AK	Fort Yukon	219,957
AK	Gakona	150,147
AK	Galena (Louden Village)	179,973
AK	Gambell	252,459
AK	Georgetown	150,147
AZ	Gila River Indian Community	1,718,043
AK	Goodnews Bay	164,872
MN	Grand Portage Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	210,246
MI	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians	429,210
CA	Graton Rancheria Federated Indians	319,552
AK	Grayling (Hokikachuk)	180,893
CA	Greenville Rancheria	167,645
CA	Grindstone Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki Indians	225,874
CA	Guidiville Rancheria	182,718
AK	Gulkana	150,118
CA	Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake	179,031
AK	Hamilton	150,147
MI	Hannahville Indian Community	185,496
AZ	Havasupai Tribe	158,998
AK	Healy Lake	150,147
WI	Ho-Chunk Nation	1,005,433
WA	Hoh Indian Tribe	168,840
AK	Holy Cross	173,698
AK	Hoonah	174,884
CA	Hoopa Valley Tribe	446,251
AK	Hooper Bay	299,004
AZ	Hopi Tribe	1,723,928
CA	Hopland Band of Pomo Indians	307,850
ME	Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians	258,504
AZ	Hualapai Indian Tribe	458,027
AK	Hughes	156,407
AK	Huslia	189,808
AK	Hydaburg	162,095
AK	Igiugig	150,147
CA	Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel	153,696
AK	Iliamna	150,147
CA	Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	150,147
AK	Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope	636,168
CA	Ione Band of Miwok Indians	213,808
KS	Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska	228,709
OK	Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma	159,704
AK	Iqugmiut Traditional Council (Iqurmuit)	164,445
NM	Isleta Pueblo	346,034
AK	Ivanof Bay	150,147
CA	Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians	150,147
WA	Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe	214,200
CA	Jamul Indian Village	150,147
NM	Jemez Pueblo	253,169
LA	Jena Band of Choctaw Indians	150,147
NM	Jicarilla Apache Nation	385,038
AK	Kaguyak	150,147
AZ	Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians	225,524
AK	Kake	170,327
AK	Kaktovik	161,665
WA	Kalispel Indian Community	204,963
AK	Kalskag	177,783
AK	Kaltag	160,253
AK	Kanatak	150,147
AK	Karluk	150,147
CA	Karuk Tribe	984,218
AK	Kasaan	150,147
CA	Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, Stewarts Point Rancheria	290,500
AK	Kasigluk	209,298
OK	Kaw Nation	292,410
AK	Kenaitze	403,026
AK	Ketchikan	350,849
MI	Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	522,062
OK	Kialegee Tribal Town	190,567
AK	Kiana	174,743
TX	Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas	178,142
KS	Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas	297,606
OK	Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma	242,090
AK	King Island	193,760
AK	King Salmon	151,059
OK	Kiowa Indian Tribe	400,643
AK	Kipnuk	265,729
AK	Kivalina	221,466
OR	Klamath Tribes	886,618
AK	Klawock	161,338
CA	Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria	159,288
AK	Kluti Kaah (Copper Center)	150,000
AK	Knik	430,655
AK	Kobuk	156,619
CA	Koi Nation of Northern California (Lower Lake)	150,147
AK	Kokhanok	165,042
AK	Kongiganak	207,079
AK	Koniag, Incorporated	866,019
ID	Kootenai Tribe	155,772
AK	Kotlik	241,676
AK	Kotzebue	378,657
AK	Koyuk	179,205
AK	Koyukuk	164,751
AK	Kwethluk	233,817
AK	Kwigillingok	185,873
AK	Kwinhagak (Quinhagak)	243,947
CA	La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians	188,293
CA	La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	150,147
WI	Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	782,707
WI	Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	503,265
MI	Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	193,461
NM	Laguna Pueblo	409,157
AK	Larsen Bay	150,147
NV	Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians	150,147
MN	Leech Lake Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	1,013,163
AK	Levelock	156,582
AK	Lime Village	150,147
MI	Little River Band of Ottawa Indians	203,452
MT	Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians	703,094
MI	Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians	292,627
CA	Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe	194,877
CA	Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians	150,147
NV	Lovelock Paiute Tribe	175,626
SD	Lower Brule Sioux Tribe	410,837
WA	Lower Elwha Tribal Community	269,914
AK	Lower Kalskag	192,677
MN	Lower Sioux Indian Community	187,778
WA	Lummi Tribe	891,738
CA	Lytton Rancheria of California	176,378
WA	Makah Indian Tribe	311,253
CA	Manchester Band of Pomo Indians	349,561
AK	Manley Hot Springs	150,147
AK	Manokotak	229,634
CA	Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	150,147
AK	Marshall (Fortuna Ledge)	186,548
AK	Mary's Igloo	150,147
CT	Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe	150,147
MA	Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe	352,476
MI	Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians	178,601
AK	McGrath	159,061
CA	Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria	225,101
AK	Mekoryuk	177,210
WI	Menominee Indian Tribe	687,663
AK	Mentasta	160,874
CA	Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	193,801
NM	Mescalero Apache Tribe	573,991
AK	Metlakatla (Annette Island)	399,219
OK	Miami Tribe	152,756
FL	Miccosukee Tribe	150,147
CA	Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians	169,529
ME	Mi'Kmaq Nation (Aroostook)	308,077
MN	Mille Lacs Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	438,763
AK	Minto	174,002
MS	Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians	868,318
NV	Moapa Band of Paiute Indians	221,921
OK	Modoc Tribe	166,583
CT	Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut	150,147
VA	Monacan Indian Nation	221,778
CA	Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians	331,989
CA	Morongo Band of Mission Indians	201,017
WA	Muckleshoot Indian Tribe	430,708
OK	Muscogee (Creek) Nation	3,793,027
AK	Naknek	155,221
NM	Nambe Pueblo	196,173
AK	NANA Corporation	600,244
VA	Nansemond Indian Tribe	171,986
AK	Nanwelek (English Bay)	156,194
AK	Napaimute	150,147
AK	Napakiak	213,210
AK	Napaskiak	196,958
RI	Narragansett Indian Tribe	234,440
AZ	Navajo Nation	16,494,460
AK	Nelson Lagoon	150,147
AK	Nenana	161,731
AK	New Koliganek	162,260
AK	New Stuyahok	211,925
AK	Newhalen	151,375
AK	Newtok	197,733
ID	Nez Perce Tribe	407,903
AK	Nightmute	173,520
AK	Nikolai	155,326
AK	Nikolski	150,147
AK	Ninilchik	242,402
WA	Nisqually Indian Tribe	271,034
AK	Noatak	190,010
AK	Nome Eskimo Community	354,590
AK	Nondalton	150,147
WA	Nooksack Indian Tribe	323,427
AK	Noorvik	207,974
WY	Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation	619,186
MT	Northern Cheyenne Tribe	699,715
CA	Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians	397,522
AK	Northway	169,445
UT	Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation	186,149
MI	Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi	250,771
AK	Nuiqsut (Nooiksut)	181,025
AK	Nulato	173,660
AK	Nunakauyarmiut (Toksook Bay)	219,391
AK	Nunam Iqua (Sheldon's Point)	162,930
AK	Nunapitchuk	226,523
SD	Oglala Sioux Tribe	2,450,321
NM	Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)	274,032
AK	Ohogamiut	150,147
NE	Omaha Tribe	461,351
NY	Oneida Indian Nation of New York	295,488
WI	Oneida Nation, Wisconsin	1,104,088
NY	Onondaga Nation	150,147
AK	Orutsararmuit (Bethel)	585,262
OK	Osage Nation	448,649
AK	Oscarville	150,147
OK	Otoe-Missouria Tribe	204,799
OK	Ottawa Tribe	203,458
AK	Ouzinkie	151,651
AK	Paimiut	150,147
UT	Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah	484,458
CA	Pala Band of Mission Indians	234,191
VA	Pamunkey Indian Tribe	150,147
AZ	Pascua Yaqui Tribe	1,164,013
CA	Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians	200,364
ME	Passamaquoddy Tribe	310,985
AK	Pauloff Harbor Village	150,147
CA	Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians	150,569
OK	Pawnee Nation	261,466
CA	Pechanga Band of Indians	154,073
AK	Pedro Bay	150,147
ME	Penobscot Nation	416,658
OK	Peoria Tribe	408,645
AK	Perryville	152,571
AK	Petersburg	164,006
CA	Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians	364,650
NM	Picuris Pueblo	155,867
AK	Pilot Point	150,147
AK	Pilot Station	218,145
CA	Pinoleville Pomo Nation	188,740
CA	Pit River Tribe	423,574
AK	Pitka's Point	159,624
AK	Platinum	150,114
ME	Pleasant Point	287,593
AL	Poarch Band of Creeks	416,301
AK	Point Hope	204,412
AK	Point Lay	172,190
NM	Pojoaque Pueblo	161,798
MI	Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians	762,067
OK	Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma	310,988
NE	Ponca Tribe of Nebraska	642,855
WA	Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe	359,207
AK	Port Graham	155,150
AK	Port Heiden	150,147
AK	Port Lions	150,147
AK	Portage Creek	150,147
CA	Potter Valley Tribe	150,147
KS	Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation	198,302
MN	Prairie Island Indian Community	150,147
WA	Puyallup Tribe	911,893
NV	Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe	503,408
AK	Qagan Tayagungin (Sand Point)	185,543
AK	Qawalangin (Unalaska)	157,765
OK	Quapaw Tribe	180,793
CA	Quartz Valley Indian Community	240,027
AZ	Quechan Tribe	440,597
WA	Quileute Tribe	250,740
WA	Quinault Indian Nation	586,321
CA	Ramona Band of Cahuilla	150,147
AK	Rampart	151,067
VA	Rappahannock Tribe, Inc	153,217
WI	Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	375,294
AK	Red Devil	150,147
MN	Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians	945,181
CA	Redding Rancheria	178,860
CA	Redwood Valley Rancheria	190,780
NV	Reno-Sparks Indian Colony	429,378
CA	Resighini Rancheria	150,147
CA	Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians	199,419
CA	Robinson Rancheria	217,750
SD	Rosebud Sioux Tribe	1,658,047
CA	Round Valley Indian Tribes	897,335
AK	Ruby	179,514
IA	Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, IA	197,241
KS	Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri	180,929
OK	Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma	455,270
MI	Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe	437,586
AK	Saint George Island	150,147
AK	Saint Michael	216,459
AK	Saint Paul Island	166,895
NY	Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe	441,321
AK	Salamatof	151,650
AZ	Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community	669,857
WA	Samish Indian Nation	400,258
AZ	San Carlos Apache Tribe	1,417,171
NM	San Felipe Pueblo	247,121
NM	San Ildefonso Pueblo	197,744
AZ	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe	163,770
CA	San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians	196,514
NM	Sandia Pueblo	176,721
NM	Santa Ana Pueblo	184,365
NM	Santa Clara Pueblo	279,204
CA	Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians	150,147
CA	Santa Rosa Indian Community	243,462
CA	Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians	184,019
NE	Santee Sioux Nation	312,801
NM	Santo Domingo Pueblo	311,742
WA	Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe	240,655
MI	Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	1,199,867
AK	Savoonga	292,683
AK	Saxman	161,123
AK	Scammon Bay	226,581
CA	Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians	174,414
AK	Selawik	256,701
AK	Seldovia	150,147
OK	Seminole Nation	499,035
FL	Seminole Tribe of Florida	310,795
NY	Seneca Nation of New York	643,131
OK	Seneca-Cayuga Nation	174,702
AK	Shageluk	161,249
MN	Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community	171,967
AK	Shaktoolik	172,073
OK	Shawnee Tribe	150,147
CA	Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians	252,257
CA	Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians	188,922
NY	Shinnecock Indian Nation	153,757
AK	Shishmaref	238,944
WA	Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe	187,901
ID	Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Ft. Hall Reservation	446,127
AK	Shungnak	172,318
SD	Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate	881,398
AK	Sitka Tribe (Baranof Island)	408,917
AK	Skagway	151,020
WA	Skokomish Indian Tribe	266,877
UT	Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians	150,147
AK	Sleetmute	155,353
WA	Snoqualmie Indian Tribe	202,607
CA	Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians	194,268
WI	Sokaogon Chippewa Community	317,192
AK	Solomon	150,147
AK	South Naknek	150,147
CO	Southern Ute Indian Tribe	408,002
ND	Spirit Lake Tribe	715,203
WA	Spokane Tribe	663,069
WA	Squaxin Island Tribe	327,613
WI	St. Croix Chippewa Indians	428,383
ND	Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	1,257,983
AK	Stebbins Community Association	237,840
AK	Stevens Village	150,147
WA	Stillaguamish Tribe	187,334
WI	Stockbridge-Munsee Community	233,473
AK	Stony River	150,147
NV	Summit Lake Paiute Tribe	150,147
AK	Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak (Shoonaq')	221,514
WA	Suquamish Indian Tribe	334,754
CA	Susanville Indian Rancheria	299,971
WA	Swinomish Indian Tribal Community	383,295
CA	Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation	150,147
CA	Table Mountain Rancheria	150,147
AK	Takotna	150,147
AK	Tanacross	157,472
AK	Tanana	177,226
AK	Tangirnaq (Lesnoi)	150,147
NM	Taos Pueblo	223,153
AK	Tatitlek	150,147
AK	Tazlina	150,147
CA	Tejon Indian Tribe	150,147
AK	Telida	150,147
AK	Teller	178,153
NV	Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians	382,149
NM	Tesuque Pueblo	160,492
AK	Tetlin	165,753
OK	Thlopthlocco Tribal Town	197,627
ND	Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold	840,237
CA	Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (Death Valley)	165,495
AK	Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes Central Council	1,122,121
AK	Togiak	231,335
AZ	Tohono O'odham Nation	3,029,950
CA	Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation (Smith River Rancheria)	359,727
NY	Tonawanda Band of Seneca	150,147
OK	Tonkawa Tribe	239,692
AZ	Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona	150,147
CA	Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians	177,629
WA	Tulalip Tribes	824,467
CA	Tule River Indian Tribe	471,504
AK	Tuluksak	206,706
LA	Tunica-Biloxi Tribe	231,339
AK	Tuntutuliak	251,666
AK	Tununak	190,668
CA	Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians	214,943
ND	Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians	1,590,715
NY	Tuscarora Nation	150,147
CA	Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians	150,147
AK	Twin Hills	157,700
AK	Tyonek	181,678
AK	Ugashik	150,147
AK	Umkumiut	150,147
AK	Unalakleet	191,280
AK	Unga	150,147
CA	United Auburn Indian Community	179,384
OK	United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians	421,409
VA	Upper Mattaponi Tribe	177,339
MN	Upper Sioux Community	193,837
WA	Upper Skagit Tribe	418,390
UT	Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation	460,479
CO	Ute Mountain Ute Tribe	437,798
CA	Utu Utu Gwaiti Paiute Tribe	150,147
AK	Venetie	174,797
CA	Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band	171,756
AK	Wainwright	202,468
AK	Wales	184,835
NV	Walker River Paiute Tribe	637,169
MA	Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)	218,538
NV	Washoe Tribe	464,204
MN	White Earth Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe	796,991
AK	White Mountain	170,835
AZ	White Mountain Apache (Fort Apache)	1,845,814
OK	Wichita and Affiliated Tribes	226,465
CA	Wilton Rancheria	255,758
NE	Winnebago Tribe	433,218
NV	Winnemucca Indian Colony	150,147
CA	Wiyot Tribe (Table Bluff)	150,147
AK	Wrangell	174,561
OK	Wyandotte Nation	257,115
AK	Yakutat Tlingit Tribe	158,159
SD	Yankton Sioux Tribe	551,918
AZ	Yavapai-Apache Nation (Camp Verde)	327,173
AZ	Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe	150,147
NV	Yerington Paiute Tribe	316,605
CA	Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Rumsey Rancheria)	150,147
NV	Yomba Shoshone Tribe	204,468
TX	Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo	601,545
CA	Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation (San Manuel)	150,147
AK	Yupiit of Andreafski	158,077
CA	Yurok Tribe	1,152,502
NM	Zia Pueblo	195,243
NM	Zuni Tribe	701,430

Signing Authority

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 Federal Register .

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2023.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

Footnotes

1.  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.

2.  42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(1)(B).

3.  42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(3).

4.  E.O. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, 86 FR 7619 (Feb. 1, 2021).

5.  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).

6.  42 U.S.C. 18795a(a)(2)(B). Grant awards are to be distributed to an Indian Tribe if the application is approved.

7.  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.

8.  The IHBG program website is available at www.hud.gov/​program_​offices/​public_​indian_​housing/​ih/​grants/​ihbg.

9.  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.

10.  The full regulations governing the IHBG formula are available at www.ecfr.gov/​current/​title-24/​subtitle-B/​chapter-IX/​part-1000/​subpart-D.

11.  See 24 CFR 1000.324 for more information on this requirement.

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

13.  See 24 CFR 1000.336 for more information on the annual HUD challenge process data used in the IHBG formula.

14.  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.

15.  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.

16.  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.

17.  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.

18.  The NAHASDA is available at https://www.congress.gov/​104/​plaws/​publ330/​PLAW-104publ330.pdf.

19.  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.

20.  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.