September 26, 2024

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have announced receipt of over 50,000 applications requesting over 6 gigawatts of capacity for clean energy projects for the 2024 Program Year of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program. Treasury and DOE will be accepting applications for projects located in a low-income community, qualified low-income residential building projects, and qualified low-income economic benefit projects (Categories 1, 3, and 4) on a rolling bases until October 10, 2024. DOE has also stated that it will accept applications for projects located on Indian Lands (Category 2) on a rolling basis until November 12, 2024.

For more information on the remaining capacity to be allocated under the program, please visit the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program Capacity Dashboard by clicking here. To view the program Applicant User Guide, please click here. For more information on the program overall, please view DOE’s webpage by clicking here.

For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.

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Established in 1969, the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization serving thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET is dedicated to enhancing the development of Tribal Nations, improving the capabilities of Tribal governments, and improving the quality of life for Indian people through a variety of technical and supportive programmatic services.

Established in 2014, the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization advocating on behalf of thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET SPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and in assisting its membership in dealing effectively with public policy issues.