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Empowering Tribal Energy: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies

This report outlines the NAU Team's Tribal Renewables and Tribal Efficiency Reports, detailing the chronology, key findings, recommendations to tribal leaders, and next steps for tribal energy development. It highlights the importance of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and tribal sovereignty, offering actionable strategies for individual and collaborative tribal implementation. The findings cover a range of issues including lack of energy infrastructure, opportunities for economic development, and cultural preservation. The report aims to support tribal communities in maximizing energy efficiency, utilizing renewable resources, and enhancing sustainability. The comprehensive analysis provides insights and guidelines for tribal leaders, stakeholders, and policymakers to drive positive changes in tribal energy management.

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Empowering Tribal Energy: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies

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  1. The WRAP Tribal Renewables Report and The WRAP Tribal Efficiency Report Tom Acker Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering

  2. Outline • NAU Team • Chronology of tribal reports • Tribal Renewables Report • Tribal Efficiency Report • The Next Steps

  3. Oversight: WRAP AP2 Forum Tribal Interests Working Group NAU Team:

  4. The Tribal Reports: Chronology • Tribal Renewables Report • December 2000 Initiated • May 2001: Draft • April 2002: Final Draft (Under Review) • Tribal Efficiency Report • September 2001 Initiated • June 2002 Preliminary Draft • August 2002 Draft • ICF Modeling of Impacts • IPM, REMI; ICF visit November 2001 • Overall Summary Report • AP2 State & Tribal: Tellus; July 2002

  5. Tribal Renewables Report • Motivation for Renewable Energy (RE) development • Recommendations to tribal leaders • Resource for tribal staff • Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Low-impact Hydro

  6. Study Methodology • Assessment of Tribal Energy Issues • ITEP Assessment: 14 tribes • NAREEP Survey: 27 tribes • Extensive Literature Survey • Tribal economic development, energy, opportunities, barriers • Formulation of Potential Actions & Recommendations • Draft Report • Policy and program recommendations • Public review; 17 solicited reviews Yurok Tribe, CA Off-grid PV installation

  7. Important Findings • Lack of energy infrastructure • Organizational • Physical • Great interest in RE and Energy Efficiency (EE) • RE development  Economic development • New electrification • Energy independence, tribal sovereignty • Cultural preservation • State Actions  less applicable

  8. RE Recommendations • Two Classifications of Recommendations • Options for Individual Tribal Implementation • Options for Collaborative Implementation

  9. Options for Individual Tribal Implementation Navajo-Hopi Solar Photovoltaic • Develop a tribal energy policy • Establish an energy authority • Establish an independent tribal Economic Development Corporation • Initiate energy training and education programs • Expedite the permitting process for RE • Develop a TIP that includes RE • Develop RE resources to improve electric service and for economic development

  10. Options for Collaborative Implementation • Develop inter-tribal energy collaborations • Create partnerships with independent power producers • Require federal facilities on tribal lands use some RE • Request funding of existing statutes • Expand federal “Buy Indian” program • Support federal RPS and tax credits • Equivalent “tax credits” • Tribal SO2 emissions credits • Explore state-tribal agreements

  11. WRAP/RHR Background Baseline Information What counts as RE RE info in a TIP Tribal Energy Issues and Perspectives RE Projects on NA Lands Tribal Energy Perspectives Analysis of Tribal RE Development Potential and Recommended Actions Appendices RHR Fact Sheet RE Systems and Resources RE Resource Maps Information Sources WRAP Tribes Report Content

  12. Opportunities for RE • Abundance of Wind – • 60 reservations  Class 5 • ICF modeling  highest penetration of RE is wind • Solar – most tribes with a developable resource • Biomass – majority of tribes with a developable resource • Geothermal – about 20 reservations with a resource • Resource Tables

  13. The Tribal Efficiency Report • Motivation for Energy Efficiency (EE) • Recommendations to tribal leaders • Resource for tribal staff • EE – maximizing the efficient utilization of energy while minimizing the costs Flathead Reservation, MT

  14. Study Methodology Ke’pel Headstart facility on the Yurok reservation • Build on Tribal RE research • EE literature survey • Case Studies: • Pasqua Yaqui in So. Arizona • Yurok tribe in No. California • Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes in Montana • Formulation of Potential Actions & Recommendations • Draft Report Yurok Tribe, CA Off-grid PV installation

  15. Important Findings • Lack of energy infrastructure • Needed to implement EE program • Great opportunity for EE • Numerous older buildings • Significant growth in electrical load expected • EE  can free significant financial resources for other uses • State EE measures  many are applicable

  16. Mission Valley Power on the Flathead Reservation Recommendations • Three Classifications of Recommendations • Tribal Sponsored Programs • Collaborative Program Improvements in Tribal Energy Conservation • Tribal Leadership Beyond Tribal Lands

  17. NAU Students Tehachapi, CA Tribal Sponsored Programs • Adopt a Tribal Energy Plan • Establish a Tribal Energy Authority • Hire an Energy Manager • Adopt Energy Efficient Building Codes • Initiate education programs • Create a TIP that includes EE

  18. Recommendations - continued • Collaborative Programs • Inter-tribal collaborations • Require federal facilities employ EE • Participate in federal programs • Weatherization Assistance Program • DOE Rebuild America • Tribal Leadership • Support Demand Side Management (DSM) progrmas • Support national EE standards

  19. WRAP/RHR Background Baseline Information What is EE? Benefits and economic analysis Implementation of EE Case Study Results Potential EE programs Recommended Actions Appendices Report Content

  20. Opportunity for EE • Easily obtainable: • 10% savings in electricity costs • Possibly obtainable: • 50% savings in electricity costs 1997 data on energy consumption and expenditure for major energy sources in Indian households (EIA 2000)

  21. The Next Steps… • Seek funding for tribal energy staff • Establish/develop tribal energy programs • RE and EE training programs • RE and EE Workshops and conferences with focus on tribal issues • Tribal participation in federal and state legislative or regulatory processes pertaining to RE and EE • Others…

  22. Questions? From 2002 Wind Powering America Calendar Photo Credit: Lloyd Herziger, Enron Wind/PIX10653 NREL Photo Library

  23. NREL Resource Maps • Created for each WRAP State • Tribal Boundaries, Transmission Lines • Wind,Biomass, Solar PV, Concentrating Solar, Geothermal

  24. Resource Tables New Mexico tribal lands and renewable energy resources • Developed from resource maps • One table for each state in the WRAP region

  25. Specific EE Measures Sectors: residential, commercial/institutional, industrial, policy Developed from programs recommended for states.

  26. WRAP Region

  27. WRAP Membership * There are 237 Tribes in the WRAP region

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