Client Type |
Client |
Project Type |
Project Title |
Project Description |
Tribal |
Round Valley Indian Tribes |
Cost/Benefit and Feasibility Analysis |
An Assessment of the Feasibility of the Round Valley Fuel Stop & Convenience Store |
Using the its proprietary economic model, the Center projected a month by month profit and loss analysis of financing, constructing, and operating a Round Valley Fuel Stop & Convenience Store. The Center also projected revenues based on a regional gas market analysis to determine the viability of the business enterprise. |
Non-Profit |
Red Lady Coalition |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
The Gunnison County Economy in the Twenty-First |
The Center utilized input-output economic modeling to inventory and document the economic drivers of Gunnison County, Colorado for the purpose of quantifying the effect of amenity-based transactions on the Crested Butte economy. |
Tribal |
Ohkay Owingeh Indian Tribe of New Mexico |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Valuation and Negotiation of a Natural Gas Pipeline Easement |
The Center provided easement valuation services for the Taos Mainline natural gas pipeline corridor where it crossed the Ohkay Owingeh Reservation. The Center also managed a complete assessment of the safety and integrity of the pipeline in high-traffic areas. |
Private |
Santa Fe Ski Basin Containment Commission |
Cost/Benefit and Feasibility Analysis |
The Economic Costs and Benefits of Expansion of the Santa Fe Ski Basin |
This study calculated and evaluated the costs and benefits associated with a proposed expansion of the Santa Fe Ski Basin near Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Private |
Holland and Knight, LLP |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
A Plan to Achieve Tribal Ownership of the Boysen Bureau of Reclamation Hydroelectric Facility |
This study documented the feasibility of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes assuming ownership of a U. S. Bureau of Reclamation reservoir located on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. |
Private |
ChevronTexaco Corporation |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
Studies of the ChevronTexaco Pipeline on the Isleta Indian Reservation in New Mexico |
The Center conducted a comprehensive analysis of potential environmental hazards associated with a buried petroleum products pipeline linking El Paso, Texas and Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
Non-Profit |
Colorado Horse Development Authority |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic Impact of the Equine Industry in Larimer County, Colorado |
The Center utilized input-output economic modeling to document the economic and fiscal impacts of the equine industry in this rural county of Colorado. |
Tribal |
National Tribal Environmental Council |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
An Evaluation of the Economic Implications of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission Recommendations |
This work documented regional economic implications of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission's recommendations to EPA. The Center also critiqued the Commission's analytical methods, addressing issues and concerns of special interest to American Indian Tribes. |
Private |
Washington Water Power |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic Relationships Between Washington Water Power and State and Local Government in Washington |
The Center documented the economic and revenue effects on the state and local governments in Washington that could be attributable to the investor-owned Washington Water Power utility. |
Non-Profit |
Arid Lands Development Fund/Ramat Negev, Israel |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance for USDA Grant Programs |
The Center prepared a detailed review of Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations and U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines for NEPA compliance for a multi-year agriculture and solar energy technology transfer program. |
Private |
Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
A National Survey of Underground Electric Transmission Line Projects |
The Center inventoried state and local regulatory policies related to underground power line installation, and reviewed pertinent case law throughout the United States. |
Private |
O'Connor Cavanaugh Law Firm of Phoenix Arizona |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Valuation of an Easement for a Natural Gas Pipeline |
The Center calculated easement values and negotiated settlements with approximately 100 property owners on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and El Paso Natural Gas Company. |
Private |
Desert Research Institute |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic Importance of the Mojave Power Plant |
This study quantified the economic importance (in terms of jobs, income, and tax revenue) attributable to Southern California Edison's Mojave Power Plant in Nevada. The Center documented the economic importance of the plant in the context of local, state, and regional economies in Arizona, Nevada and California. |
Private |
International Paper Corporation |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Valuation of Inter-State Fiber Optic Corridors and Rights of Way |
The Center developed monetary values for various International Paper land holdings in six southeastern states. |
Non-Profit |
New Mexico Horsemen's Association |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic Importance of the Equine Industry in New Mexico |
The Center documented the economic and tax revenue effects of horse breeding and racing enterprises in New Mexico. Presentations of the study were made before the New Mexico State Legislature. |
Private |
Bank of America and Wells Fargo Foundation |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The New Mexico Economy and the Economic and Fiscal Importance of Indian Reservations |
The Center developed a demographic and economic model as part of a comprehensive state-wide research effort documenting the economic and fiscal relationship between the State Government of New Mexico and the State's 22 Indian reservation economies. |
Non-Profit |
Western Nevada Development District |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic and Fiscal Importance of Four Indian Tribes in the State of Nevada |
The Center for Applied Research managed a research effort which documented the economic and fiscal relationship between the State of Nevada and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, the Walker River Paiute Tribe, and the Washoe Tribe. |
Private |
RPC Investment Group |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Valuation of a Proposed Electric Transmission Line Right of Way |
The Center integrated an analysis of the need for a proposed transmission line in west Texas with a valuation of the right-of-way for a private property owner. The Center also prepared testimony in the case dealing with the condemnation and taking of the landowner's property and presented findings to the Texas Public Utilities Commission. |
Non-Profit |
The New Mexico Horsemen's Association |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic Future of the Horse Racing Industry in New Mexico |
The Center documented the steady decline in popularity and loss of the market-share of live horse racing events to other gaming and entertainment choices in New Mexico, and offered an analysis of alternative futures that confront the industry. |
Tribal |
San Felipe Indian Tribe of New Mexico |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Valuation of Easements for Electric Transmission Lines and a Natural Gas Pipeline |
The Center calculated easement values for electric and natural gas rights-of-way on the San Felipe Reservation and aided in the settlement negotiations between the Tribe and Public Service Company of New Mexico, and between the Tribe and New Mexico Gas Company. |
Tribal |
Round Valley Indian Tribes, Mendocino County, California |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Integrated Resource Management Plan |
The Center conducted a comprehensive planning effort with the Round Valley Indian Tribes to develop planning goals and objectives for their natural, cultural and human resources. The Center prepared an exhaustive inventory of existing resource conditions and planning issues and conducted a community survey to assess management priorities and concerns of the tribal community. Through a series of focus groups and management workshops, the planning goals and objectives were prepared for review by the Tribal Council. Existing plans such as the Forest Management Plan were incorporated into the IRMP and the Center is currently conducting a land use planning effort and community outreach as the final phase before the plan is submitted to Council for adoption. |
Tribal |
Pueblo de San Ildefonso, New Mexico |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Integrated Resource Management Plan |
The Center prepared an extensive resource inventory and facilitated the development of planning goals and objectives affecting the management of the Pueblo's natural and cultural resources. The Center provided community outreach programs to inform tribal members in concert with a community survey and presented the plan to the Tribal Council where it was unanimously adopted. |
Local |
Pitkin County Colorado, Board of County Commissioners |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Right of Way Negotiation for an Underground Electric Utility Transmission Line near Aspen, Colorado |
The Center played a key role in the underground alignment of a controversial high voltage electric transmission line and the valuation of the right of way obtained by Holy Cross Electric. The Center reconciled and integrated Holy Cross' condemnation-based right of way valuation with the County's right of way appraised valuation, with assistance from West Terra Corporation. |
State |
Colorado Public Utilities Commission |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Implications of FERC Rulemaking Concerned with Deregulation |
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Orders promoting wholesale competition in the electrical industry changed utility resource planning significantly. The Center analyzed the implications of FERC Orders relative to regional reliability and pricing of electricity. The Center also assisted the Colorado PUC in conducting a joint open meeting with the Wyoming Public Utilities Commission to evaluate the FERC Orders. |
State |
New Mexico Attorney General's Office |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Electric Utility Restructuring in New Mexico |
This analysis evaluated a number of industry restructuring proceedings convened by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission concerned with the potential impacts of retail and wholesale electrical service competition in New Mexico. |
Non-Profit |
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
An Analysis of Open Transmission Access |
An issue brief was prepared for NARUC by the Center describing some of the possible impacts that could occur in the retail electricity market under electric utility deregulation. |
State |
Arizona Corporation Commission |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Alternative Regulatory Mechanisms for Achieving Energy Conservation Objectives |
This study included an inventory and analysis of the environmental and social programs being promoted by the Arizona Corporation Commission vis-à-vis electric utilities in the state. |
Local |
City of Santa Fe |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Franchise Agreement Negotiation and Analysis of Municipalization Opportunities |
The Center assisted the City of Santa Fe in its negotiations with Public Service of New Mexico for a new franchise agreement, and provided analysis and consultation regarding options the City had to acquire the electric company's distribution assets and establish a municipal utility. |
Tribal |
Isleta Indian Tribe of New Mexico |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Kansas Pipeline Company Gas Transmission Project |
The Center prepared a valuation of easements for two 20 inch natural gas transmission pipelines in central New Mexico. |
Tribal |
Isleta Indian Tribe of New Mexico |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Siting Study for Tecton Natural Gas Exploration and Development LLC |
The Center identified locations appropriate for exploration wells and gas pipeline installation on the Isleta Indian Reservation, and evaluated the terms of the Company's proposed leases. |
State |
State of Wyoming Governor's Office |
Cost/Benefit and Feasibility Analysis |
An Analysis of Coal Bed Methane Potential in the State of Wyoming |
The availability and potential development of coal bed methane gas were analyzed for the Wyoming State Energy Office. |
Local |
Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
The Regional Economic Implications of Electric Utility Deregulation in California |
The Center analyzed the economic impact in the West attributable to California's deregulation of retail electrical service. |
Tribal |
Pueblo of Isleta |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
The Value of Rights-of-Way on Indian Trust Lands |
In right of way negotiations with AT&T, Qwest, Pathnet, US West, Chevron, Diamond Shamrock, PNM, and others, the Center provided economic analysis and valuation services which established unprecedented levels of compensation for Indian tribes. |
State |
Carlsbad, NM Department of Development |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
Strategic Economic Development Plan: Carlsbad and Eddy County, New Mexico and the WIPP |
The Center, with Tripp Umbach of Pittsburgh, prepared a Strategic Economic Development Action Plan for the City of Carlsbad and Eddy County under the U.S. Department of Energy's Community Transition Planning process. The Center was responsible for all demographic and economic analysis for the project, including projections of workforce, employment, output and other economic conditions over the planning period. |
State |
Arizona Department of Commerce |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
The Economic and Fiscal Importance of Indian Reservations in Arizona |
The Center managed a research effort which documented the economic and fiscal relationship between the State of Arizona and 21 Indian reservations. |
Tribal |
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council |
Cost/Benefit and Feasibility Analysis |
Feasibility Analysis for a Proposed Regional Petroleum Enterprise |
The Center prepared a detailed feasibility analysis related to the establishment of a new four-county regional petroleum enterprise in northern New Mexico. |
Tribal |
Jicarilla Apache Tribe of New Mexico |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Forming a Jicarilla Apache Tribal Utility Authority |
The Center established the Jicarilla Apache Tribe's Electrical Energy Development Program and the Jicarilla Tribal Utility Authority. The Center's work involved analyses of alternative tribal utility organizational structures, regulatory and jurisdictional issues, wholesale power purchases, capacity of Reservation distribution systems, possibilities for bulk power generation, and transmission access issues. |
Tribal |
Jicarilla Apache Tribe of New Mexico |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Pipeline Siting Study for the Tribal Utility and Amoco(BP) |
The Center identified suitable alignments of water lines and gas lines to facilitate a tribal hydroelectric project and reconciled plans for a new water pipeline system with an existing Amoco(BP) natural gas pipeline system. |
Local |
Pitkin County Colorado, Board of County Commissioners |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
Right of Way Valuation for a Natural Gas Pipeline near Aspen, Colorado |
Supported by the Center's valuation and negotiation; Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Company, land owners, environmental advocates and the County reached agreement on the value of a right of way for a natural gas pipeline obtained through the exercise of eminent domain and condemnation. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Commerce |
Public and Trust Land Valuation |
A Determination of the Economic Value of the National Marine Sanctuaries |
The Center formulated economic values for six United States National Marine Sanctuaries in the Pacific Northwest and Atlantic Northeast, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
The Economics of the Peabody Black Mesa-Kayenta Mine Complex in Arizona |
Center staff were principal authors of the socioeconomic, socio-cultural and land use sections of an Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining in connection with permit application of Peabody Coal Company in Arizona. This work required the development of a comprehensive demographic and economic model to portray the socioeconomic impacts attributable to the operation of Peabody's Black Mesa-Kayenta Mine Complex and coal slurry pipeline. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Coal Mining in King County, Washington |
The Center prepared the socioeconomic, socio-cultural and land use sections of an Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining in connection with a permit application for a coal mine in Washington state. This work included an assessment of the mine's impacts on a neighboring alderwood forest and local smoked salmon enterprises. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
An Assessment of the Goals and Recommendations of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission |
Selected energy efficiency and renewable energy programs were evaluated by the Center to determine their potential impact on the stated goals of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission established by the EPA. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Regional Transmission Groups in the Western United States |
The Center conducted research and analysis documenting the development of regional transmission groups (RTGs) in the Western United States. The Center analyzed the legal and institutional features of RTGs and examined the possible changes in generation resource utilization that could result due to open transmission access in the Western grid. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
The Electric Utility Industry in the Western United States |
The U.S. Department of Energy commissioned this comprehensive, state-by-state inventory of investor-owned, municipal and cooperative utilities in the Western U.S. The Center's inventory included key statistical information about the capacity, load and customer bases of utilities in fifteen western states. |
Federal |
U. S. Department of Energy |
Cost/Benefit and Feasibility Analysis |
The Feasibility of Renewable Energy Development on Indian Reservations |
The Center provided financial and economic feasibility analysis and technical assistance to a designated group of American Indian tribes interested in producing and marketing renewable energy under provisions of the Energy Policy Act. |
Federal |
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Energy Resource Planning: Opportunities for Partnerships |
This study explored ways in which Indian tribes, as owners of important renewable and conventional energy resources and transmission rights-of-way, could develop partnerships with WAPA for mutual benefit. The Center organized and facilitated workshops for representatives of the Western Area Power Administration and energy resource-owning Indian tribes in the Colorado River Basin. |
Federal |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
An Inventory of Conservation and Energy Efficient Technologies |
The Center conducted a nationwide survey of public agencies utilizing renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and described their effects on energy consumption. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Electric Resource Options for the Rocky Mountain West |
This multi-year program evaluated the impact of conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy development in the western United States. Research focused on four primary stakeholder interests: 1) investor owned utilities; 2) public power interests; 3) regulatory bodies; and 4) renewable energy advocacy organizations. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of Energy |
Energy and Natural Resource Development Planning |
Consumer Preferences in a Deregulated Electric Utility Industry |
This analysis identified the influence of customer preferences in expanding renewable based generation of electric service. |
Federal |
FEMA/Department of Homeland Security |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
The Economic Impact of the Cerro Grande Wildfire |
The Center established a monetary value of business, financial and property losses caused by the Cerro Grande fire in northern New Mexico. The Center also helped prepare comprehensive re-development plans for affected property owners, counties and local government jurisdictions. |
Federal |
U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee |
Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Modeling |
Indian Tribes and the US Economy |
To document the relationships between Indian reservations, state economies, and the US economy, the Center developed an inter-state economic model to characterize these flows of economic activity. The results of this work were presented in hearings before the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. |
Federal |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
Environmental and Economic Damage Assessment |
The Economic Impact of the Cerro Grande Wildfire in Northern New Mexico |
The Center prepared a comprehensive economic damage assessment of the New Mexico Cerro Grande fire for the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. This report was used as a basis for a $400 million Congressional appropriation under the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act. |