Lyle Jack, OSPA Board Director for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, was interviewed in Red Power Energy, a film from the American Indian perspective on the energy and climate change debate. See the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDB3up26guU
On September 11, 2024, OSPA will be discussing the challenges Tribal clean energy projects face interconnecting to the national power grid and highlighting solutions to streamline interconnection and bring EHV transmission to Tribal lands.
DOE is advancing OSPA’s recommendation for the Northern Plains NIETC to support bringing EHV transmission to the Tribal reservations and enabling Tribal clean energy projects.
After talking with the OSPA team on NPR Planet Money, Dan Charles continued to investigate the challenges renewable energy projects face in connecting to the National Grid via the Southwest Power Pool.
OSPA Receives a $200,000 Grant from the Bush Foundation