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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces the Obama administration's plan to bring alternative energy sources to Indian Country by giving $700,000 in grants to tribes as she talks about a variety of energy possibilities on public lands. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces the Obama administration's plan to bring alternative energy sources to Indian Country by giving $700,000 in grants to tribes and approval of what would be the largest solar power plant on tribal land at a news conference on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces the Obama administration's plan to bring alternative energy sources to Indian Country by giving $700,000 in grants to tribes and approval of what would be the largest solar power plant on tribal land at a news conference on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Chris Petersen, left, finance director for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture, speaks to a legislative committee on reporting mistakes identified in the state’s 2013 audit at the Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Government Operations and Audit Committee reviewed the findings. At right is Lucas Lentsch, secretary of the Department of Agriculture. (AP Photo/Nora Hertel)