nye County esmeralda County WhIte PIne County Area Wide Plan Inyo County lInColn County Coalition Assessment Grant funded through the US Environmental Protection Agency [This page intentionally left blank.] Table of Contents Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... i Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 1 Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1 Coalition ............................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Description/Overview ................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 History ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.2 Demographics ....................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Renewable Energy Factors ............................................................................................................ 8 1.2.1 Clean Energy Resources and Technologies .......................................................................... 9 1.2.2 Energy Terms and Organization of the Power Industry ...................................................... 10 1.2.3 State Energy Policies .......................................................................................................... 10 1.2.4 Industry Opportunities ........................................................................................................ 12 1.2.5 Planning Tools and Resources ............................................................................................ 15 1.2.6 Utility Table ........................................................................................................................ 16 1.2.7 Resource Maps .................................................................................................................... 18 1.3 Community Concerns and Brownfields Properties Assessed ..................................................... 18 1.4 Program Benefits and Measures of Success ................................................................................ 23 2 Esmeralda .......................................................................................................................................... 28 2.1 Community Description/Overview ............................................................................................. 28 2.1.1 History ................................................................................................................................. 28 2.1.2 Demographics ..................................................................................................................... 29 2.1.3 Physical Description ........................................................................................................... 32 2.1.4 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 33 2.1.5 Planning Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 35 2.1.6 Public Outreach ................................................................................................................... 35 2.2 Renewable Energy Factors .......................................................................................................... 36 2.2.1 Utility Table ........................................................................................................................ 38 2.2.2 Renewable Energy Poster and Resource Maps ................................................................... 38 2.3 Brownfields Properties Assessed and Next Steps ....................................................................... 39 2.4 Program Benefits and Measures of Success ................................................................................ 40 3 Inyo County ....................................................................................................................................... 43 3.1 Community Description/Overview ............................................................................................. 43 3.1.1 History ................................................................................................................................. 43 3.1.2 Demographics ..................................................................................................................... 44 3.1.3 Physical Description ........................................................................................................... 47 i 0BTable of Contents | RDSBC Area-Wide Plan 3.1.4 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 48 3.1.5 Planning Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 51 3.1.6 Community Outreach .......................................................................................................... 51 3.2 Renewable Energy Factors .......................................................................................................... 52 3.2.1 Utility Table ........................................................................................................................ 55 3.2.2 Resource Maps .................................................................................................................... 55 3.3 Brownfields Properties Assessed and Next Steps ....................................................................... 57 3.4 Next Steps and Measures of Success .......................................................................................... 58 4 Lincoln County .................................................................................................................................. 60 4.1 Community Description/Overview ............................................................................................. 60 4.1.1 History ................................................................................................................................. 60 4.1.2 Demographics ..................................................................................................................... 61 4.1.3 Physical Description ........................................................................................................... 65 4.1.4 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 66 4.1.5 Planning Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 70 4.1.6 Community Outreach .......................................................................................................... 70 4.2 Renewable Energy Factors .......................................................................................................... 71 4.2.1 Utility Table ........................................................................................................................ 73 4.2.2 Resource Maps .................................................................................................................... 73 4.3 Brownfields Properties Assessed and Next Steps ....................................................................... 74 4.4 Program Benefits and Measures of Success ................................................................................ 75 5 Nye County ........................................................................................................................................ 77 5.1 Community Description/Overview ............................................................................................. 77 5.1.1 History ................................................................................................................................. 77 5.1.2 Demographics ..................................................................................................................... 79 5.1.3 Physical Description ........................................................................................................... 83 5.1.4 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................... 85 5.1.5 Planning Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 88 5.1.6 Community Outreach .......................................................................................................... 88 5.2 Renewable Energy Factors .......................................................................................................... 88 5.2.1 Utility Table ........................................................................................................................ 92 5.2.2 Resource Maps ...................................................................................................................