DOE Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program
Offers tribal energy innovators through Department of Energy loan guarantees for project financing.
The DOE Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program (also referred to as TELGP or TEFP) is a federal financing instrument administered by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing (formerly the Loan Programs Office) that provides partial loan guarantees and direct loans to support energy development projects undertaken by federally recognized Indian Tribes. The program is autho…
Provides federal loan guarantees and direct loans from $5 million to $2 billion to federally recognized Tribes and Tribal Energy Development Organizations financing commercially proven energy infrastructure projects.
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