Amid Dakota Access protests, tribes continue to pursue clean energy
While the Sioux nation has been in the spotlight almost daily for its opposition to construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, it has much more quietly been pursuing renewable energy development on the Standing Rock Reservation and other tribal lands across North and South Dakota.
By Karen Uhlenhuth
1 December 2016
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DOE’s advancement of the Tribal Energy Access NIETC is critical to bringing EHV transmission, and the energy and economic development it will enable, to the OSPA Tribal reservations.
On September 11, 2024, OSPA discussed the challenges Tribal clean energy projects face interconnecting to the national power grid and highlighting solutions to streamline interconnection and bring EHV transmission to Tribal lands.
DOE is advancing OSPA’s recommendation for the Northern Plains NIETC to support bringing EHV transmission to the Tribal reservations and enabling Tribal clean energy projects.
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