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Workshops: Regional Trends in Electricity Markets and Solar Development in Tribal Communities September 20-22, 2022
The expansion of clean electricity, from solar installation projects to regional electricity markets, is an exciting and rapidly developing area of the energy sector. Western Resources Advocates (WRA), the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are hosting three interactive webinars for Tribal representatives to explore perspectives on electricity markets and solar development and opportunities for Indigenous communities.
MTERA at NTICC August 30 & 31, 2022
MTERA Presentation
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 // 1:30 - 3:30pm (CDT)
Working Group - Tribal Solar Initiative
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 // 1:30 - 3:30pm (CDT)
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and MTERA have partnered to address regulatory barriers to tribal solar adoption, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office. The goal of the project is to articulate key barriers to tribal solar and tribal solar-plus-storage adoption at all scales and to ready stakeholders to implement options to address these challenges.
In March 2022, NREL and MTERA published the draft guidebook "Addressing Regulatory Challenges to Tribal Solar Deployment” and is seeking feedback from tribes regarding key findings.
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2022 MTERA Annual Conference Videos Available Online Now
With the support of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association held it’s annual conference March 29th - 31st. Tribal leaders, federal and state agencies, educators, and energy industry experts discussed successful Tribal energy projects, state and federal energy policy, and strategic energy planning to help Tribes advance beneficial energy initiatives, and how to build resilient communities.
View the conference panels on our YouTube Channel
In Search of Funding, Tribal Communities Are Turning to Corporate Investment to Embrace Solar Power
“In the context of solar, the main difference is that the large utility-scale projects are selling power,” says Jake Glavin, founder of Woven Energy and executive director of Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA), “whereas with these community-scale and smaller-scale projects, they’re actually offsetting [electricity] purchases.” https://time.com/6166734/us-indigenous-utility-solar-power/
Annual Conference - Thank You!
The Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association, with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently concluded our annual three-day conference, with around 222 attendees.
Chi Miigwech to the Elders who gave their blessings before each day began and started things off in a good way.
We also extend our sincerest gratitude to the amazing keynote speakers, Pilar Thomas, Sandra Begay, and Wahleah Johns. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge, opportunities available, and passion for tribes building resilient, self-sustaining communities.
Thank you to the incredible panelists that shared all their hard work, goals, opportunities, and vision. Your leadership is inspiring!
And last, but not least, thank you so much to our sponsors, and all the attendees for supporting MTERA!
Annual Conference and News You Can Use
Happy New Year! We’re so glad you’re here with us. We’re so happy to announce that registration is now open for our 2022 Annual Conference. We also have a new interview with Board Member Charlie Lippert enclosed discussing the importance of renewable energy development and what value our Board see in being members of MTERA. For this, and more, follow the link below to the Quarterly Tribal Solar Initiative Newsletter!
Welcome to MTERA's 15th Member Tribe, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa!
MTERA is proud to announce that we have just expanded our membership to 15 Member Tribes with the addition of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa! Many of us are already familiar with Bad River’s appointed representative, Daniel Wiggins, as he has been an active and helpful participants in many meetings and activities these past months…
