Tribal Energy Program Webinars

Tribal Energy Program Web seminars are designed to provide Indian Country with relevant, timely information on energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and project development.

Tribal Webinar Series

In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Green Power Partnership Program, and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), the Tribal Energy Program is conducting a series of webinars that promote tribal energy sufficiency and foster economic development and employment on tribal lands through the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

The webinar series started in August 2011 and will continue through September 2012. Topics include EPA's Green Power Partnership Program, an overview of the Power Marketing Administrations, transmission policy, vision of tomorrow's transmission grid, what you need to know about National Energy Regulatory Commission (NERC) compliance, and overview of requesting transmission service. A complete list of upcoming tribal webinars is provided below.

There is no charge to participate in the webinars. However, you must register to join them. To register, visit the Public Renewables Partnership website.

Each of the webinars listed below will be presented from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain Time

Today's Energy Supply — Yesterday's Grid

May 30, 2012

This webinar 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 utilities currently face in integrating 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.

Grid Reliability — Impacts to Tribal Renewable Projects

July 25, 2012

In 2008 NERC reliability standards compliance became mandatory. This has raised the importance of compliance programs throughout the electric industry, as noncompliance can result in monetary sanctions. This webinar will provide an overview of the purpose and organization of a compliance program, what parts of the bulk electric system are in scope, the range of reliability standards affecting power operations and maintenance, responsible registered entities, and how tribal renewable projects can be impacted by reliability requirements.

DOE Office of Indian Energy's START Program Status Updates

September 26, 2012

This webinar will provide an update on the 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.

View archives of previous webinars.