Project Traits
State: Arizona
Congressional District: AZ07
Organization Type: Tribal Nation
Partner Organization(s) Type: NGO
Project Type: Deployment
Energy Sector: Clean Power
Energy Subsector: Solar
Project Start Year: Unknown
Project Launch Year: Unknown
Outcomes & Impacts
Private Investment: Unknown
Jobs Announced or Created: Unknown
People Served: 1,200
Projected Economic Impact: $14,000,000
The Cocopah Indian Tribe was prepared to cover the costs of building a solar farm to serve its rural Arizona reservation. But by working with a grant writer from Local First Arizona, the tribe received $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to cover the bulk of the costs for the project.
The tribe counts about 1,200 members, including around 400 living on its reservation in Somerton, a rural town near Yuma and the U.S.-Mexico border in southwest Arizona.
The Cocopah Tribe expects to save $332,000 in operating costs the first year alone, totaling more than $14 million over the course of 30 years.