Grid Resilience

TechWerx is a hub focused on connecting DOE with energy leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, small businesses and other players across academia, industry, non-profits, workforce development, and policy to foster innovation and collaboration. The BAxTER funding opportunity will support building Tribal partnerships and improving energy reliability and affordability through networking activities, Tribal energy resilience project development, and Tribal workforce development. Eligible participants include energy experts in small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions. The BAxTER program anticipates making $4 million in funding available to 5 to 10 selected organizations. Opportunity coming soon.

Managed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office and supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants provide non-competitive funding to states and Indian Tribes to improve the resilience of their electric grids. Administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory and falling under BIL provision 40101(d), the program is designed to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other natural disasters that are exacerbated by the climate crisis. The application and allocation request period was expected to open in February 2025, but has not been announced yet. The TECC team is in close contact with DOE NETL leads about program updates. Direct technical assistance will be available to TECC Tribes as soon as new funding is released. In the meantime, NETL is continuing with routine program management for the awards in place from FY22-24. View the FY 2025 allocations by Tribe here.

Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s $7 billion Solar for All program, the 60 grant recipients were set to create new or expand existing low-income solar programs, intended to enable over 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged communities to benefit from distributed solar energy. In August 2025, the agency sent official termination letters to the 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups and Native American Tribes that received the grants, according to news reports. This included Tribal Energy Alternatives, a GRID Affiliate, which had opened up the Western Indigenous Network Solar for All (WIN-SFA) 2nd Round. Lawsuits were filed.

To fill a critical resource gap by equipping community-serving organizations with the information they need to advance a resilient power project — solar paired with battery storage (solar+storage).