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Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential
on Indian Lands


April 2000



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This report was prepared by the staff of the Renewable Information Team, Coal, Nuclear, and Renewables Division, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels; and the Energy Consumption Division, Office of Energy Markets and End Use. General information regarding this publication may be obtained from Fred Mayes, Team Leader. (202/287-1750, e-mail fred.mayes@eia.doe.gov).


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Preface


In June 1999, the Secretary of the Department of Energy, Bill Richardson, launched the Department's broad based Indian Initiative. As part of this initiative, he asked the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to prepare a study of energy on Indian lands to include:

  • "the electricity use and needs of Indian households and tribes,"

  • "the comparative electricity rates that Indian households are paying, and"

  • "the potential for renewable resources development of Indian lands."

The EIA prepared this report in response to the Secretary's request. The report is organized into the four chapters and four appendices that follow.



Contents


Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Energy Consumption on Indian Lands
��� Retail Electricity Rates Paid by Indians Living on Indian Reservations and TJSAs

3. Potential for Renewable Energy
��� Introduction
��� Renewable Resources on Indian Lands
��� Federal and Oklahoma Indian Lands
��� Solar Resources for Flat Plate Collectors
��� Solar Resources for Concentrating Systems
��� Wind Resources
��� Biomass Resources
��� Geothermal Resources
��� Transmission Lines with Federal and Oklahoma Indian Lands
��� Hydropower
��� Renewable Resources and Development Costs for Indian Lands
��� Project Criteria
��� Limitations on Use of Renewable Energy

4. Conclusions

Appendices

��� A. DOE Funded Indian Energy Projects, Fiscal Years 1994 Through 1999
��� B. Energy Consumption Detailed Tables
��� C. Dynamic Maps of Renewable Resource Potential of Indian Lands
��� D. Map of North American Electric Reliability Council Regions

Glossary

Tables

����1. 1998 Residential Average Revenue per Kilowatthour
����2. Reservations with the Highest Residential Electricity Prices
����3. Classes of Wind Power Density at 10 m and 50 m
����4. Indian Lands with Highest Potential for Central Station Development
����5. Renewable Options for Indian Lands with High Incidences of Indian Households without Electricity
����6. Distribution of Indian Lands by Wind Class
����7. Distribution of Indian Lands by Biomass Category
����8. States with Indian Lands and State RPS or Public Benefits Funds
����9. Wholesale Electricity Prices, 1998
B1a. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Households for Electricity
B1b. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Oklahoma TJSA Households for Electricity
B2a. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Households for Natural Gas
B2b. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Oklahoma TJSA Households for Natural Gas
B3a. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Households for Other Fuels
B3b. Number and Percent Distribution of Energy Costs of Oklahoma TJSA Households for Other Fuels

Figures

���� 1. Percent Distribution of U.S. and Indian Households by Electricity Access/Payment Status, 1990
���� 2. Percentiles of Electricity Costs Relative to Total Household Income, for Households That Pay for Electricity, 1990
���� 3. 90th Percentile of Energy Costs Relative to Total Household Income for Households Paying for the Energy, 1990
���� 4. Energy Consumption and Expenditures for Major Energy Sources in All Indian Households, 1997
���� 5. Consumption in 1997 Per Household Using Energy Source: All U.S. Households and All Indian Households
���� 6. Expenditures in 1997 Per Household Using Energy Source: All U.S. Households and All Indian Households
���� 7. Electricity and Natural Gas Prices: All U.S. Households and All Indian Households
���� 8. Distribution of Residential Electricity Rates on Indian Lands
���� 9. Number of Non-Municipal Utilities Serving Counties with Indian Lands
����10. Federal and Oklahoma Indian Lands
����11. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Resource Potential
����12. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Resource Potential
����13. Wind Resource Potential
����14. Biomass and Biofuels Resource Potential
����15. Geothermal Resource Potential
����16. Transmission Lines with Federal and Oklahoma Indian Lands
����17. Distribution of Wind Development Costs Excluding Transmission Costs
����18. Example of Wind Levelized Costs Including Transmission for Northwest Power Region
����19. Distribution of Biomass Development Costs Excluding Transmission Costs
����20. Distribution of Resources for Concentrated Solar Applications
����21. Distribution of Resources for Photovoltaics
����22. Capital Costs of Electric Generating Technologies
����D1. North American Electric Reliability Council Regions for the Contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii

 

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