[1/3] Brett Isaac, founder and co-CEO of Navajo Power, attends the first annual Tribal Energy Equity Summit in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., May 22, 2023.
Tribes cannot access key incentives for larger clean energy projects until they secure an agreement to connect to the regional electrical grid.
That could jeopardize a "once in a lifetime opportunity,” according to Cheri Smith, president of the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, a nonprofit that is helping tribes develop clean energy.
The Standing Rock Sioux have so far spent $3 million on technical studies and fees to remain in the queue, with no guarantee of approval.
A NEW DAYThe Standing Rock Sioux tribe's development authority, called SAGE, proposed the 235MW wind farm three years ago.
Persons:
Brett Isaac, Sarah Arnoff Yeoman, Cheri Smith, Smith, Joe McNeil, McNeil, Eileen Briggs, Greg Anderson, Alliance's Smith, Jeremiah Baumann ,, Willie Phillips, Alliance’s Smith, Celeste Miller, It’s, ”, Valerie Volcovici, Richard Valdmanis, Suzanne Goldenberg
Organizations:
Navajo Power, Tribal Energy Equity Summit, REUTERS, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, Reuters, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Energy Information Administration, SAGE, Dakota, Interior Department, Southwest, Sierra Club Foundation, Wallace Global Fund, Bush Foundation, Moapa, Tesla, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy, Interior, Infrastructure, DOE, FERC, Thomson
Locations:
Navajo, Saint Paul , Minnesota, U.S, Sioux, North, South Dakota, United States, Phoenix, Bismarck , North Dakota, philanthropies, Paiute, Nevada, Las Vegas, St, Paul , Minnesota