Tribe: Shoshone Paiute Tribes
View Source Document: Shoshone Paiute Tribes Climate Resilience Plan
Year: 2020
Topic: Create redundant and resilient utility infrastructure with a focus on energy, water, and telecommunications.
Fund rainwater catchment systems for tribal buildings and for individual homeowners.
Fund a generator system for the school, Tribal Administration building, and other critical infrastructure in case of an emergency.
Reduce individual household and business water use by installing water efficient fixtures.
Update Wildfire Management Plan, Fire Department Annual Operating Plan, and WUI Fire Management Plan to include fuel allocation for generators...
Fund a regional renewable energy study for Duck Valley that considers tribal energy independence and community resilience.
Develop a regional renewable energy study to support tribal energy independence, revenue, and resilience.
Identify opportunities to develop local renewable energy projects.
Complete the construction of the solar model Housing Authority housing units.
Develop metrics that analyze the success of the solar model Housing Authority housing project.
Find funding to scale up the solar model Housing Authority project for new homes and for retrofitting old homes.
Coordinate with Raft River Electric Rural Co-op to complete a vulnerability assessment of the electric grid system for Duck Valley.
Coordinate with Raft River Electric Rural Co-op to enhance the resilience (including redundancies in the system) of the electric grid...
