Transcript JAC presentation_NTF_JefffCrawford.ppt

FOREST COUNTY
POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY
PROJECT GREEN FIRE
Jeff Crawford
Attorney General
Forest County Potawatomi Community
Significant Recent FCPC
Environmental Initiatives
• Successful opposition to and resolution of
Crandon Mine matter.
• Protection of Tribe’s reservation and northern
Wisconsin through Class I redesignation.
• Research regarding causes of mercury impacts
in Wisconsin lakes and support of state’s new
90% mercury reduction standards.
• Tribe’s service on Governor’s Task Force on
Global Warming.
Governor’s Task Force
• FCPC membership on electric generation, cap-andtrade, forestry and agriculture, and waste recovery work
groups.
• All of these groups developed policies that promote
renewable energy development in Wisconsin.
• Policies include a 25% by 2025 RPS that includes large
hydro but is based on the premise that First Nation
concerns regarding Manitoba’s existing hydro system
and new proposed projects, including issuance of final
licenses, will be resolved before new projects are built.
• FCPC now working actively and cooperatively to
implement task force recommendations.
FCPC’s Energy Efficiency and Carbon
Reduction Initiatives
• Work with Focus on Energy (Wisconsin’s public benefits
provider) to audit all FCPC buildings (including its
business operations) with significant energy usage.
• Based on these audits, FCPC is implementing measures
to improve its energy efficiency.
• Compared to a baseline 2007 period, FCPC efforts have
resulted in an almost 15% reduction in energy and 22%
reduction in carbon emissions per gross square foot of
its major buildings.
• In addition, FCPC has switched to a 4-day work week,
which has resulted in 170 tons of carbon reduction.
FCPC Renewable Energy Projects
• Overall goal: carbon-free energy self-sufficiency for
Tribe, and potential additional green energy sales from
Wisconsin and reservation-based sources.
• Performing renewable energy site assessments for small
wind and biomass and solar PV and hot water heat for
reservation and Milwaukee buildings.
• Exploring potential larger biomass-to-energy projects,
including those that help convert older Midwestern coalfired facilities to biomass (and thereby reducing carbon,
mercury, sulfur, and other emissions).
• Evaluating potential small hydro projects utilizing existing
dams that need to stay in place.
FCPC Strategies for Energy Efficiency
and Green Energy Development
• Development of initial and overall due diligence
checklist to ensure projects meet environmental,
self-sufficiency, and economic goals.
• Partnership with Focus on Energy: audits and
incentives.
• Maximizing value of tax incentives, grants, and
financing opportunities under stimulus package.
• Identifying additional grant opportunities from
DOE and other federal agencies.