Tribal Energy Program: Events

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February 22-24, 2012 Golden, Colorado	Distributed Wind/Solar Interconnection Workshop	Hosted by the Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG); American Public Power Association (APPA); and DOE's Wind and Water Power, Solar Energy Technologies and Tribal Energy programs, this workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of wind and solar integration studies. Expert speakers will use case studies to answer your questions about interconnecting wind and solar plants and other distributed generation applications to electric distribution systems. Participants will get an introduction to UWIG's Internet-based tools for assessing a distributed wind project's impact on the local distribution system.	A limited number of spaces for this workshop are available for tribal members to attend at no charge through Western. For additional information contact Randy Manion, 720-962-7423. For more information, please send an email to info@uwig.org.
February 27, 2012 - March 1, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada	RES2012	Sponsored by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, the Reservation Economic Summit is the largest and longest-running national American Indian business event in the nation. The summit offers three days of business information and training delivered through more than 24 60-minute sessions geared specifically to native entrepreneurs, tribal enterprises, and organizations interested in doing business with American Indian businesses. In addition, a two-day trade fair provides opportunities for American Indian suppliers to meet corporate and government buyers, market their organizations and companies, network, and negotiate potential contracts.	Register online before December 31, 2011 and save $200. Book hotel reservations at Mandalay Bay by January 23, 2012 to get the special RES2012 rate (Reference code: SRES12).
February 29, 2012 Online	Webinar: Unwinding Transmission Policies	Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, DOE's Tribal Energy Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Western Area Power Administration, this Web seminar will answer the following questions: What is transmission policy? How is it established? Who are the players? How is transmission policy enforced and who does it? What are some of the policy issues today, and what is their potential impact on transmission resources, i.e. Order 1000 (Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation). This is the fourth in a series of webinars that will run through September 2012.	Register online.
March 6-8, 2012 Washington, District of Columbia	NCAI Executive Council Winter Session	The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will host its annual Executive Council Winter Session at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C.	For more information, e-mail NCAI.
March 21-22, 2012 Denver, Colorado	International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management National Environmental Policy Act Workshop	On March 21-22, 2012, the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management will be conducting a workshop on the strategic application of the National Environmental Policy Act.
March 28, 2012 Online	Webinar: Understanding the Interconnection and Transmission Service Queues	Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, DOE's Tribal Energy Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Western Area Power Administration, this Web seminar will answer the following questions: What is the large generator interconnection procedure? How is transmission service requested? What does this mean for Tribes interested in gaining access to the transmission system? This is the fifth in a series of webinars that will run through September 2012.	Register online.
May 21-22, 2012 Scottsdale, Arizona	Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country	At the fifth annual Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country Conference, tribal leaders and professionals will discuss the significant opportunities for energy development in Indian Country, as well as the barriers that tribes must overcome to bring energy projects to fruition. Discussions will include increasing access to private capital, feasibility studies, and how tribes can create sustainable and environmentally responsible economies for the future generations of Indian Country.	Native Nation Events
May 30, 2012 Online	Webinar: Today’s Energy Supply – Yesterday’s Grid	Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, DOE's Tribal Energy Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Western Area Power Administration, this Web seminar will include an informative session and discussion on how utilities’ generation portfolios are changing, often faster than the grid infrastructure that supports them and the challenges currently being faced to integrate new generation and demand (load) response technologies into a grid that was designed to operate a different way. Discussions will include transmission studies from the Western Grid Group and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is the sixth in a series of webinars that will run through September 2012.	Register online.
June 17-20, 2012 Lincoln, Nebraska	NCAI Mid-Year Conference	The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will host its Mid-Year Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.	For more information, e-mail NCAI.
July 25, 2012 Online	Webinar: Grid Reliability – Impacts to Tribal Renewable Projects	Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, DOE's Tribal Energy Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Western Area Power Administration, this Web seminar will provide an overview of NERC compliance from a power system operations and maintenance perspective, as well as discuss the purpose of a compliance program, who the responsible parties are and their roles, and how tribal renewable projects can be impacted by reliability requirements. This is the seventh in a series of webinars that will continue through September 2012.	Register online.
September 26, 2012 Online	Webinar: DOE Office of Indian Energy’s START Program Status Updates	Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, DOE's Tribal Energy Program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Western Area Power Administration, this Web seminar will provide an update on the DOE Office of Indian Energy’s Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program and the range of projects that were selected in 2012. START and Alaska START aim to advance clean energy generation in Indian Country and provide federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native governments with strategic technical assistance to accelerate clean energy project deployment. This is the eighth in a series of webinars that will run through September 2012.	Register online.
October 21-26, 2012 Sacramento, California	NCAI 69th Annual Convention	The National Congress of American Indians will hold its 69th Annual Convention in Sacremento, California.	For more information, e-mail NCAI.