WHEREAS, the Department of Energy (DOE), in recognition of the right of the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) to their ancestral domain and the natural resources, issued Department Circular No. DC2018-03-005, to expand the operational definition of Host Communities to include ICCs/IPs and their right to an equitable share of the financial benefits from host generating facilities and/or energy resources under the Energy Regulation (ER) 1-94 Program;

WHEREAS, the Department of Energy (DOE), in recognition of the right of the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) to their ancestral domain and the natural resources, issued Department Circular No. DC2018-03-005, to expand the operational definition of Host Communities to include ICCs/IPs and their right to an equitable share of the financial benefits from host generating facilities and/or energy resources under the Energy Regulation (ER) 1-94 Program;