But many of them are starting to feel like, is this a false promise? Is this a false promise here?

Know that again what we want to do is get to a long-term solution to that program.

That is what these consortia are able to do. They are able to build capacity so that these many, many much smaller and much less advantaged tribes, they are the most disadvantaged, they are the ones that need it most, and yet they have the…

In Alaska, again, with small tribes, it is complicated, but most utilities are also small and simply can't afford the match.

If we can resolve some of these things quickly to allow for these applications to be submitted, and again, to take advantage of this, that is where we are going to make a difference.

I would ask that our teams sit down and talk about this, because as we are talking about it, you have a deadline that is coming up with opportunities for grant funding that is going to make a difference to tribes.

For far too long, we hear about these programs, we hear about the funding that we have put, outlined in legislation, in law with specific, specific set-asides for tribal interests.

I have found in some agencies... an unwillingness to speak the language of the tribes.

Most Native communities in Alaska still are relying on diesel fuel and heating oil.

Thank you for the time.

So as you are working to advance this program, please understand that the reason they are allowing consortia in NTIA and through IHS is because this is what works.

Let's visit on that because I'd also like to talk to you about the potential for the Ukrainian people that have come to Alaska, many of whom have had prior experience within the seafood industry and are looking for those opportunities, but…

Speaking about refining the procedures, of course you are familiar with the, in Alaska, the tribal consortia, and how they really are able to harness economies of scale.

What do we do? You know what the answer is? We fly it in.

just having a strategy is nothing if we do not resource it.

I have found in some agencies... an unwillingness to speak the language of the tribes.

I am all eyes on the Arctic all the time.

We should be working together to try to figure out how we can solve some of these problems...