The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians received a $140,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148). The funding will be used to conduct a feasibility study on the installation of a community-scale solar plus storage system on tribal lands in Louisiana. The study aims to analyze current energy loads, identify opportunities for solar generation to meet those loads, and quantify the financial savings and environmental impact over time. The goal is to explore the technical and economic feasibility of developing a solar array with storage to improve the community's energy resilience, expand future development opportunities, and achieve energy independence for the Jena Band tribal government and its approximately 438 members.
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