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DOE OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY Tribal Solar Working Group Meeting Sarai Geary Program Manager, Office of Indian Energy

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Office of Indian Energy Goals Promote Indian tribal energy development, efficiency and use Reduce or stabilize energy costs Enhance and strengthen Indian tribal energy and economic infrastructure relating to natural resource development and electrification Bring electrical power and service to Indian land and the homes of tribal members Energy Policy Act of 2005, Title V, Sec. 502

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Office of Indian Energy Goals and Objectives 3 Authorized through the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Title V Authorized appropriations: $20 Million Annually (first budget request was in 2009) Broad statutory mandate to establish technical and financial assistance programs for eligible Tribal entities to support and facilitate tribal energy development and electricity infrastructure FY 2015 Budget Request included consolidation of EERE Tribal Energy Program

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Office of Indian Energy Programs START Program On-Demand Technical Assistance Education and Capacity-Building Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group Financial Assistance 4

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Solar PV Potential on Indian Lands 5 4.5 million MW (installed capacity 9,275 million MWh (generation) 200% of US generation Enough to power over 800 million homes per year Actual installed ~ 5 MW Source: U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS Based Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Currently under peer review Best available estimate until report is published.

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Solar Electric Potential on Tribal Lands Could provide ~2 times the Total U.S. Electric Generation Solar Electric Potential of 9,275 Million MWh/yr (PV) or 6,501 Million MWH/yr (CSP) on Indian lands Solar Resources

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Arizona 22 Federally recognized tribes 5 tribal utilities 38% of solar PV, 39% of CSP resources 7 State TECHNICAL Potential (GW) Roof SolarUtility SolarCSPWindBioGeo. 125,2103,52811