Powering our Future: Blue Lake Rancheria’s Main Microgrid

As part of our commitment to clean energy and climate resilience, Blue Lake Rancheria continues to lead with innovation. Our Electrical, Construction & Utilities Department recently completed a major upgrade to the Tribeโ€™s primary microgridโ€”an essential system that provides power to the ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ, ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป/๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and the […]

Nested Microgrid Plans

Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) extends our sincere appreciation to the California Energy Commision (CEC) for the awarded $5 million in follow-on funding through the EPIC program for our Microgrid 2.0 Project. BLR previously received a $5 million EPIC grant, which supported the commissioning of our existing microgrid. This projectโ€™s success has served as a model […]

Blue Lake Rancheria in Capitol Hill

๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ (๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ) was recently represented in Washington D.C. during ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ. This was an opportunity for the Tribe to meet with policymakers, scientists, managers, and agency staff on ocean policy issues. ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฅ is a member of the ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, which convenes Tribal, State, and Federal governments on current and […]

Clean Energy Development Talks

Tribal Chairman ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€ and Director of Tribal Government Affairs ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—š๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฝ joined California Assemblymember ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜† in Sacramento to discuss Blue Lake Rancheriaโ€™s microgrids, clean energy initiatives, and Proposition 4. This was a unique opportunity for the Tribe to advocate alongside trades, environmental justice organizations, and state legislators in support of clean energy and […]

Power CA Conference

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—š๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฝ, Director of Tribal and Government Affairs, and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น, Director of Energy Resilience and Business Development, represented Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) at the POWER CA Conference, held at the Bear River Tish-Non Community Center in Loleta, CA.Their presentation highlighted BLRโ€™s innovative clean energy initiatives, including the Low-Carbon Community Microgrid and Solar Battery Backup […]

Offshore Wind Summit

This past week at the Pacific Offshore Wind Summit in Sacramento, Tribal Chairman ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€ and staff from the Blue Lake Rancheria actively advocated for clean energy investments, engaged in state legislative lobbying, and participated in numerous meetings and a statewide conference focused on clean electrification and environmental stewardship. Chairman Ramos also served as a […]

Composting

composting

Here at Blue Lake Rancheria, weโ€™re doing our part in closing the food waste loop. We want to enrich and build healthy soil which is an essential component of a sustainable food system. At the heart of our work with plant propagation, meal preparation, and crop management is our compost. Our composting efforts are funded […]