Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential
on Indian Lands

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).

Questions regarding specific information in the report should be directed as follows:

• Energy Consumption, Dwight French, 202/586-1126, dwight.french@eia.doe.gov
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• Renewable Energy, Louise Guey-Lee, 202/287-1731, louise.guey-lee@eia.doe.gov

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

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

Tables

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. 90^th 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