My name is Daniel Wiggins Jr, a Bad River Tribal Member and the Mashkiiziibii (Bad River) Natural Resource Department’s- Air Quality Technician (AQT). I have worked for the Tribe for nearly 10 years as the AQT and have had oversight of the Tribe’s Renewable Energy Activities since 2017. I have led tribal code development, specifically the review and adoption of utility codes on electrical transmission and energy products. I was recently tasked as the Project Lead for the Ishkonige Nawadide Solar Microgrid Project, which installed over 500 kilowatts of solar and 1,000 kilowatt hours of batteries at three tribal facilities. The Tribe’s energy projects are further planned and executed on the Tribe’s ability to exercise energy sovereignty, and eventually reach the Tribe’s energy vision, “to empower and enable the community to move towards energy independence.