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Program Review Meeting: Fiscal Year 2009

November 2009

Denver, Colorado

Here you'll find presentations from the November 2009 Tribal Energy Program review, held in Denver, Colorado. The review is an opportunity for tribes to meet and learn from other tribes pursuing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Available presentations are organized under the following headings:

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

Federal Programs and DOE Laboratories

  • Tribal Energy Program Overview

    Lizana Pierce (PDF 9.9 MB)

  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Roger Taylor (PDF 10.6 MB)

  • Sandia National Laboratories

    Sandra Begay-Campbell (PDF 1.8 MB)

  • USDA Rural Development Energy Program

    Ted Buelow (PDF 792 KB)

  • USDA Forest Service Biomass Projects

    Faline Haven (PDF 14 MB)

  • Western Area Power Administration: Transmission Infrastructure Program

    Craig Knoell (PDF 1.8 MB)

  • Bonneville Power Administration: Overview

    Corrina Ikakoula (PDF 5.5 MB)

Overview Topics

  • Tribal Energy Project Development: Deals in Indian Country

    Doug MacCourt (PDF 545 KB)

  • Green Jobs in Indian Country

    Cristala Mussato-Allen (PDF 7.2 MB)

  • Strategic Energy Planning & Project Development Stages: Importance of Champions

    Roger Taylor (PDF 4.4 MB)

  • Weatherization and How it Can Work for You

    Roger Taylor (PDF 2 MB)

  • Weatherization Training: What Does it Take?

    Brian Lee (PDF 6.2 MB)

Development and Deployment Projects

  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation — Yakama Nation Hydropower Projects

    Connie Lewis (PDF 9 MB)

  • Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments — Fort Yukon Wood Energy Program: Wood Boiler Deployment

    James Kelley (PDF 12.6 MB)

  • Haida Corporation — Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project

    Alvin Edenshaw (PDF 16.2 MB)

  • Rosebud Sioux Tribe — Wind Energy Development

    Ken Haukaas (PDF 10.4 MB)

  • Chaninik Wind Group — Enhancing the Efficiency of Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power Generation in Tribal Regions of Alaska

    William Igkurak (PDF 4.6 MB)

  • Kootznoowoo Inc. — Thayer Lake Hydroelectric Development

    Peter Naoroz (PDF 5.7 MB)

  • Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation — Kumeyaay Wind II: Phase 1: 160MW

    Monique La Chappa (PDF 3.8 MB)

  • Cherokee Nation Businesses — Going Green to Make the Green

    Carol Wyatt (PDF 3.2 MB)

  • Ramona Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians — Ramona Ecotourism Cultural Resort Hybrid Renewable Energy Power System

    John Gomez (PDF 11.3 MB)

  • Forest County Potawatomi Community — Energy Efficiency Improvements

    Amanda Frazer-Collins (PDF 7 MB)

  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina — EBCI Facility Retrofit

    Shondi Johnson (PDF 5 MB)

Feasibility Study Projects

  • NANA Regional Corporation — Geothermal Assessment Program and Wind Resource Assessment Program

    Jay Hermanson (PDF 15.1 MB)

  • Navajo Nation (Canoncito Band) — To'Hajiilee Chapter's New Solar Farm

    Rob Burpo (PDF 4.2 MB)

  • Agua Calliente Band of Cahuilla Indians — Solar Feasibility and Pre-Development Study

    Todd Hooks (PDF 7.5 MB)

  • Pinoleville Pomo Nation — Renewable Energy Feasibility Study

    David Edmunds (PDF 9.3 MB)

  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community — Wind Feasibility Study and Weatherization Training Project

    Gregg Norminelli (PDF 14.1 MB)

  • Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California — Alternative Energy Feasibility Study

    Mistia Zuckerman (PDF 6.3 MB)

  • Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota — Development of Economically Sustainable Wind Installations

    Dan King (PDF 2.4 MB)

  • Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation — Electricity Generation from Geothermal Resources

    Walter White Tail Feather (PDF 4.7 MB)

  • Elk Valley Rancheria — Energy Efficiency and Alternatives Analysis

    Chris Howard (PDF 5.7 MB)

  • Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa — Meskwaki Renewable Energy (Wind) Assessment

    Thomas Gearing (PDF 17.5 MB)

  • Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma — Assessment of Wind Resource on Tribal Land

    Eugene Big Soldier (PDF 1.7 MB)

  • Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation — Wind Energy Development Feasibility Assessment

    Jeremy Freimund (PDF 4.4 MB)

  • Hopi Tribe — Feasibility Study for a Hopi Utility-Scale Wind Project

    Roger Tungovia (PDF 8.3 MB)

  • Yurok Tribe — Wind and Hydro Feasibility Study

    Austin Nova (PDF 16.8 MB)

  • Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians — Assessing the Feasibility of the LCO Hydro Dam and Weatherization Training

    Leslie Isham (PDF 1.5 MB)

  • Chickaloon Native Village — Uk'e koley "No Footprint" Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study

    Rick Harrison (PDF 5.2 MB)

  • Native Village of Eyak — Wind Energy Resource Assessment on Alaska Native Lands in Cordova Region of Prince William Sound

    Bruce Cain (PDF 3.9 MB)

  • Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians — Building Efficiency Energy Audits

    Jeffrey Holt (PDF 3.1 MB)

  • Alaska Interior Regional Housing Authority — A Step Toward Conservation for Interior Alaska Tribes

    Kimberly Carlo (PDF 11.8 MB)

Weatherization and Training Projects

  • Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians — Alaska Native Weatherization Training and Jobs Program

    Craig Moore (PDF 33.5 MB)

  • Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association — Tribal Weatherization Training Project

    Ken Selby (PDF 4.9 MB)

  • Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma — Weatherization Training Project

    Jason Dollarhide (PDF 1.1 MB)

  • Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California — Tribal Multi-County Weatherization Energy Program

    Jody Larson (PDF 2.5 MB)

  • Bishop Paiute Tribe Weatherization Program

    Edward Samson (PDF 3.7 MB)

Student Internships

  • Tribal Energy Program Student Intern Program Overview

    Sandra Begay-Campbell (PDF 7.6 MB)

  • Tribal Greenbuilding 101: How Tribes Can Build Homes with Sustainability in Mind

    Gepetta Billie (PDF 9.5 MB)

  • Greening Gas Stations

    Prestene Garnenez (PDF 1.5 MB)