On April 30, 2014, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Vice Chairwoman Carole Lankford traveled to Washington, D.C. where she was invited to provide testimony regarding Senate Bill 2132. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, would amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005.
TEA Solutions, Inc. (TEA Solutions) is pleased to announce that it will begin providing services to Energy Keepers, Inc. for the Kerr Hydroelectric Project of Montana in September of 2015. Energy Keepers, Inc., a corporation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is TEA Solutions’ first client. The acquisition of the Kerr Hydroelectric Project represents additional milestones, as the Salish and Kootenai Tribes will become the first Tribes in the United States to own and operate a major hydropower facility.