DOE cancels tribal transmission corridor aimed at bringing reservation power to market-link to Tribal Business News‍

Chez Oxendine, Tribal Business News
September 2, 2026

Photo: The Energy Department has canceled a proposed transmission corridor that northern Plains tribes hoped would help overcome grid constraints and bring tribally developed power to market. (Photo: Matthew Henry via Unsplash). 

The U.S. Department of Energy has halted a proposed transmission corridor that tribal leaders hoped would unlock grid investment needed to develop and export power from reservations across the northern Plains. 

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