Yakama Nation energy project hits a snag as utilities struggle with green energy expansion
The Yakama Nation has found it nearly impossible to access $32 million in a promised federal grant for an irrigation canal conversion project.
The initiative aims to transform old irrigation canals into a solar and small-scale hydropower system, which would lower electricity costs and conserve water in the Yakima Basin.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell celebrated the project earlier this year for its potential benefits.
While incentives for renewable energy are abundant, the bureaucratic processes to implement them can be frustratingly slow.
Soundside caught up with investigative reporter Tony…
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