The Red Lake Nation is exploring the development of a solar project on tribal land. MnDOT has an opportunity to enter into a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with the Red Lake Nation for the purchase of solar electricity. A VPPA is a unique contracting method in which the tribe would develop the project, produce the electricity and sell it into the wholesale energy market. MnDOT would pay a fixed price to purchase the energy and renewable energy credits, and would continue to buy power from the regional utility provider. When the market price is greater than MnDOT’s fixed price, the tribe would pay MnDOT the difference. If the market price is lower, MnDOT would pay the tribe the difference. A VPPA would support the Red Lake Nation’s sovereignty and further the government-to- government relationship, advance shared renewable energy goals and split economic value and risk between MnDOT and the tribe. MnDOT wanted to assess the feasibility of a renewable energy partnership with the Red Lake Nation.
Content Notes:
This Technical Summary pertains to Report 2023-12, “Assessing a Solar Project and a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement Between the Red Lake Nation and the Minnesota Department of Transportation,” published March 2023. More information is available at mdl.mndot.gov.
In this report, we analyze the feasibility of a northern Minnesota solar project and accompanying Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) between the ...
In this report, we analyze the feasibility of a northern Minnesota solar project and accompanying Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) between the ...
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Federal Lands Highway
2004-01-01
Abstract:
Tribal transportation or transit provides a way for people to travel from one place to another. Native Americans have a rich history of communal trave...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.
United States Department of Transportation
[PDF-1.66 MB]
