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Fiscal Year 2008 Program Review Meeting

Here you'll find presentations from the November 2008 Tribal Energy Program Review held in Denver, Colorado. They're organized under the following topics:

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

Opening Session

• Tribal Energy Program Overview

  Lizana Pierce

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

  LaVerne Kyriss

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

  Faline Haven

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Roger Taylor

• Sandia National Laboratories and Internships

  Sandra Begay-Campbell

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Development and Collaborative Projects

• Ramona Ecotourism Hybrid Renewable Energy Project

  Theresa Dodson

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

  Meera Kohler

• Rosebud Sioux Tribes — Next Steps Toward Wind Development

  Ken Haukaas

• Pueblo of Jemez — Concentrating Photovoltaics Solar Project

  Greg Kaufman

• Cherokee Nation Enterprises — Wind Development

  Carol Wyatt

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

  Dennis Bercier

• Tulalip Tribe — Biogas Project

  Daryl Williams

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

  Gary Lawrence and Bill Wall

• Yakama Nation — Wapato Hydropower Project

  Connie Lewis

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Feasibility Studies

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

  John Vass

• 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

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority — Wind Energy Feasibility Study

  Terry Battiest

• Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association — Wind Energy Development

  Bruce Wright

• Hoopa Valley Tribe — Small Hydro Project

  Curtis Miller

• Winnebago Tribe — Wind Assessment

  Leah Hunter and Carolyn Stewart

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

  Raphaella Stump

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

  Steven Clairmont

• Fort Belknap Indian Community Wind Feasibility Study

  Belvin Pete

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

  Sonny Adams and Jay Hermanson

• Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments — Wood Energy Feasibility Study

  Gary Lawrence and Bill Wall

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

  Suzanne McSawby

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First Steps Projects

• Eastern Band of Cherokee — Strategic Energy Planning

  Damon Lambert

• Pawnee Nation — Energy Options Analysis

  Kelton Kersey

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

  Kim Carlo

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

  Bryan Hoover

• Karuk Tribe — Energy Analysis and Conservation

  Ramona Taylor and Steven Coleman

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

  Leslie Isham and Denise Johnson

• Seneca Nation — Energy Organization Development

  Gina Paradis and Jim Yockey

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Financing Options and Legal Issues

• Business Structures for Tribal Project Development

  Kathleen Nilles

• Legal Structures for Tribal Project Development

  Douglas MacCourt

• Deals in Indian Country: A Tribal Perspective

  Tracey LeBeau

• Developing and Financing Tribal Energy Projects

  Eric Blank

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Student Internships

• Student Internship Program

  Sandra Begay-Campbell

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

  Gepetta S. Billie

• Solar Tour 2008

  Suzanne L. Singer

• Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority — Community Solar Plan

  Amanda J. Benavidez

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