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13 Nov, 6 tweets, 3 min read
NEW: The tribe that led the fight against Energy Transfer Partner's Dakota Access Pipeline is expanding its commitment as a leader in addressing climate change with the creation of a public power authority to develop a 235-megawatt (MW) wind farm.

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Anpetu Wi — "breaking of a new day" in Lakota — will be the single largest revenue source for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who in 2019 formed SAGE Development Authority, a Section 17 corp.

The tribe plans to construct the wind farm on its reservation lands in North Dakota. 🌬️
Meeting the Standing Rock people's ongoing need for affordable electricity is a critical goal of the tribe.

The reservation population experiences 70% unemployment and has a 40% poverty rate, making it one of the poorest regions in the U.S., according to @sageSRST’s research.
"We’re building a future so that our people can afford electricity," said Joseph McNeil, SAGE Project General Manager.

"We’re a community-based #energy development authority with everything going back into the community."
SAGE recently launched a campaign to raise $1.5 million for initial development work including building a road to the planned site of Anpetu Wi.

By scheduling construction before 2021 SAGE will be able to leverage the federal #RenewableEnergy tax credit set to expire end-of-year
If successful with SAGE and Anpetu Wi, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe intends on demonstrating to other tribes how to exercise sovereignty over their own energy futures.

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