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Final Report - TEDI DOE Grant For Feasibility
8) Assessment of potential business structures [and recruitment of development and
management partners to provide long-term operations/maintenance and training plans
for the site].
Completion of all these basic predevelopment tasks indicates that the TEDI project is
feasible and competitive at the anticipated cost range of $140,000,000. This is a substantial
undertaking for a small and very impoverished Native community. In the initial planning stages
of the project, it was assumed that predevelopment costs might ultimately exceed $1 million for
all predevelopment activities. TEDI has successfully utilized this first $250,000 grant from DOE
and leveraged an additional $250,000 to move project feasibility and development forward.
Description of Activities
Some of the accomplishments during the term of this grant include the following:
- TEDI has secured a formal To'Hajiilee Chapter Resolution designating TEDI as the
energy and economic development entity for the Chapter and designating
approximately 500 acres of Chapter Trust land for the solar project purposes.
- A project team of knowledgeable professionals was assembled, including TEDI
advisor First American Financial Advisors, Inc., Rural Community Innovations, Ater
Wynne LLP law firm specializing in Indian and Energy law, TEDI legal counsel
Janov Law Offices, P.C., solar PV manufacturing technology partner SunPower, and
RBC Capital Markets, LLC as financing partner.
- TEDI applied for and received the Pre-Feasibility Assessment of Renewable Energy
Generation from Western States Energy Solutions (WSES). The 2009 study was
paid for with DOE funds in cooperation with the Western Area Power Administration
(WAPA).
- The site survey was completed by Red Valley Survey of Shiprock, New Mexico.
- Land lease and sublease agreements for TEDI to control the subject property are
under negotiation with BIA.
- On behalf of the project, RCI engaged the nationally recognized environmental
consulting firm SWCA to conduct an Environmental Assessment (EA) of the site,
which has been completed and has been awarded a Finding of No Significant
Environmental Impact (FONSI) from the BIA.
- Of all the dozen potential technology partners evaluated, SunPower of Richmond,
California, was ultimately selected. TEDI has entered into a non-disclosure
agreement and term sheet with SunPower for potential development of the project.
- SunPower contracted with a professional hydrology-engineering firm, Bohannan
Huston, to study drainage on the proposed development site.
- SunPower has completed various iterations of site engineering and completed site
design and facility costing for descriptions that were included in the EA and
included in financial modeling.3
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Burpo, Rob. ToHajiilee Economic Development, Inc.(TEDI) Feasibility Study for Utility-Scale Solar, report, February 29, 2012; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc845242/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.