Climate law boost for renewables hits barrier on tribal lands
By Miranda Willson | 12/22/2022 06:58 AM EST
The climate law enacted this year lifted a long-standing financial barrier for Native American tribes seeking to build and own their own clean energy projects.
But the boost for energy development in Indian Country has an infrastructure problem: It could be many years before tribes can connect solar and wind projects to the power grid.
The Inflation Reduction Act allows tribes and other tax-exempt entities like electric cooperatives for the first time to receive direct payment tax credits for wind, solar and other clean energy technologies. That means they can essentially reap the same federal tax credits for large energy projects afforded to for-profit utilities and private developers for over a decade.
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The Kayenta solar project in Arizona was developed by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, a not-for-profit utility owned by the Navajo Nation. Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
