Award Number: DE-EE0000127, CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.16, Office of Indian Energy, Location(s): CA, Office(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 13, 2020
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Award Number: DE-EE0000127
CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.16
Office of Indian Energy
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians (Rincon) to deploy a solar powered microgrid system at the Rincon Government Center near Valley Center, California on the Rincon Indian Reservation. This microgrid would include a new installation of approximately 290 kilowatts (kW) of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and solar carports as well as a 140 kW/560 kWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The solar, battery storage, and an existing 150 kW diesel generator would be connected and controlled through a new microgrid controls system.