Approximately every two years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs along with other DOE offices convenes tribal leaders and energy stakeholders to exchange ideas promoting energy infrastructure development for tribes and tribal communities.
Tribal leaders and their subject matter experts—together with the DOE, the administration, federal agency partners, state governments, private industry, utilities, and academia—attend to build networks, exchange ideas, explore cross-cutting and cost-effective solutions to national energy interests, and support tribal sovereignty.
Through a cooperative agreement with the DOE's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Program, the National Conference of State Legislatures collaborates on these summits.