Program Review Meeting: Fiscal Year 2008

November 2008

Denver, Colorado

Available presentations are organized under the following headings:

• Opening session
• Development and collaborative projects
• Feasibility studies
• First steps projects
• Financing options and legal issues
• Student internships

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Opening Session

• Tribal Energy Program Overview

  Lizana Pierce (PDF 2.4 MB)

• Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) — Overview and Collaboration with Tribes

  LaVerne Kyriss (PDF 561 KB)

• U.S. Forest Service — Biomass Activities and Tribal Projects

  Faline Haven (PDF 4.3 MB)

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Roger Taylor (PDF 3.3 MB)

• Sandia National Laboratories and Internships

  Sandra Begay-Campbell (PDF 800 KB)

Development and Collaborative Projects

• Ramona Ecotourism Hybrid Renewable Energy Project

  Theresa Dodson (PDF 2.2 MB)

• Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) — Deploying Renewables in Alaska

  Meera Kohler (PDF 4.0 MB)

• Rosebud Sioux Tribes — Next Steps Toward Wind Development

  Ken Haukaas (PDF 3.6 MB)

• Pueblo of Jemez — Concentrating Photovoltaics Solar Project

  Greg Kaufman (PDF 1.0 MB)

• Cherokee Nation Enterprises — Wind Development

  Carol Wyatt (PDF 1.2 MB)

• Turtle Mountain Community College — Wind Turbine Installation and Geothermal Use

  Dennis Bercier (PDF 2.3 MB)

• Tulalip Tribe — Biogas Project

  Daryl Williams (PDF 553 KB)

• Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments — Wood Energy Program in the Yukon Flats Region

  Gary Lawrence and Bill Wall (PDF 2.2 MB)

• Yakama Nation — Wapato Hydropower Project

  Connie Lewis (PDF 3.5 MB)

Feasibility Studies

• Fort Bidwell Indian Community — Geothermal District Heating and Power Production

  John Vass (PDF 13.0 MB)

• Smith River Rancheria — Feasibility Study for Wind and Biomass Generation Facility and "First Steps" Toward Developing a Tribal Energy Organization

  Ed Wait and Russell Crabtree (PDF 1.9 MB)

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority — Wind Energy Feasibility Study

  Terry Battiest (PDF 4.1 MB)

• Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association — Wind Energy Development

  Bruce Wright (PDF 2.9 MB)

• Hoopa Valley Tribe — Small Hydro Project

  Curtis Miller (PDF 6.4 MB)

• Winnebago Tribe — Wind Assessment

  Leah Hunter and Carolyn Stewart (PDF 1.8 MB)

• Eastern Shoshone Tribe — Wind Feasibility Study on the Wind River Reservation

  Raphaella Stump (PDF 913 KB)

• Salish and Kootenai Holding Company — Biomass Feasibility Analysis on the Flathead Reservation

  Steven Clairmont (PDF 2.7 MB)

• Fort Belknap Indian Community Wind Feasibility Study

  Belvin Pete (PDF 3.3 MB)

• Northwest Alaska Native Association (NANA) Regional Corporation — Strategic Energy Plan, Wind Resource Assessment, and Geothermal Resource Assessment

  Sonny Adams and Jay Hermanson (PDF 9.1 MB)

• Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments — Wood Energy Feasibility Study

  Gary Lawrence and Bill Wall (PDF 3.5 MB)

• Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians — Renewable Energy Feasibility Study

  Suzanne McSawby (PDF 7.0 MB)

First Steps Projects

• Eastern Band of Cherokee — Strategic Energy Planning

  Damon Lambert (PDF 2.2 MB)

• Pawnee Nation — Energy Options Analysis

  Kelton Kersey (PDF 357 KB)

• A Step Toward Conservation for Interior Alaska Tribes (Hughes, Birch Creek, Huslia, and Allakaket Villages)

  Kim Carlo (PDF 1.0 MB)

• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians — Conservation and Renewable Energy Planning

  Bryan Hoover (PDF 4.7 MB)

• Karuk Tribe — Energy Analysis and Conservation

  Ramona Taylor and Steven Coleman (PDF 2.7 MB)

• Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians — Energy Analysis

  Leslie Isham and Denise Johnson (PDF 1.2 MB)

• Seneca Nation — Energy Organization Development

  Gina Paradis and Jim Yockey (PDF 6.7 MB)

Financing Options and Legal Issues

• Business Structures for Tribal Project Development

  Kathleen Nilles (PDF 2.2 MB)

• Legal Structures for Tribal Project Development

  Douglas MacCourt (PDF 291 KB)

• Deals in Indian Country: A Tribal Perspective

  Tracey LeBeau (PDF 373 KB)

• Developing and Financing Tribal Energy Projects

  Eric Blank (PDF 721 KB)

Student Internships

• Student Internship Program

  Sandra Begay-Campbell (PDF 556 KB)

• Renewable Energy: Planning for Sustainability and Self-Determination for the Navajo Nation

  Gepetta S. Billie (PDF 976 KB)

• Solar Tour 2008

  Suzanne L. Singer (PDF 1.0 MB)

• Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority — Community Solar Plan

  Amanda J. Benavidez (PDF 969 KB)