PHOENIX — Members of Arizona’s Hopi tribe are set to benefit from an influx of over $6 million in federal funds meant to provide clean energy, authorities announced on Thursday.
The Hopi Tribe is one of many communities that will receive millions through the latest round of funding coming from the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Tribal Electrification Program.
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) will give the Hopi Utilities Corporation a total of $6,060,459.
On top of that, the Navajo tribe, which stretches from Arizona to cover parts of New Mexico and Utah, will also benefit from the flush of funds.
The DOI will give the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority a total of $7,376,200.
They’re two of the 13 Tribal communities that will benefit from a total of $71 million in funding the Biden-Harris administration announced.
What impact will new funds from Tribal Electrification Program have?
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