The Tribal Energy Fairness Act of 2025 aims to enhance tribal participation and benefits in federal energy initiatives. It amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to empower the Department of Energy to provide financial and technical assessments, up to $500,000 per application , for tribal loan and loan guarantee projects. These projects can include renewable energy and transmission, both on and off Indian land, and the bill removes a previous "denial of double benefit" restriction. The legislation also broadens the scope of eligible projects for DOE tribal programs to include any projects carried out by an Indian Tribe. A significant provision modifies the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to explicitly include Indian Tribes as direct applicants and recipients for grid resilience grants . This ensures tribes can develop their own plans for using funding or for awarding grants to other entities, and adds distributed generation as an eligible use of funds. Crucially, the bill waives cost-sharing requirements for Indian Tribes receiving or awarding these grid resilience grants, or for tribal-owned entities receiving related grants. This exemption removes a significant financial barrier, making it easier for tribes to invest in preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of their electric grids.