Broader Impacts & Outcomes

INTENT is founded on the belief that we can only maximize our competitiveness as a region and a nation when we fully address existing inequities. INTENT will drive transformative energy initiatives that accelerate the equitable decarbonization of the grid, preserve scarce natural resources, improve jobs, facilitate productive investments, and stimulate economic mobility for the people of the Inland Northwest. INTENT will develop scalable and replicable models for implementation in other regions and will help the nation retain competitiveness in modern power grid and decarbonization technologies.

All stakeholders deserve to know the return on their efforts to accelerate the equitable transition to carbon-free energy system and help to solve the complex social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by communities. Sustaining a culture of innovation requires nurturing and caretaking on the part of every participant. The culture will be built on the foundation of authentic demonstration of living the values of the organization. To ensure that INTENT is effectively gaining inclusive inputs across the planning period, a wide variety of engagement modes will be employed. Tribal representation in the leadership of INTENT is a foundational principle for our economic engine.

With an accomplished record of success in clean energy and resource stewardship, the region is ideally situated to accelerate energy innovation that is safe, clean, affordable, equitable, and reliable. INTENT applies a systems approach to creating regional ecosystem partnerships. The results and outcomes from INTENT will be measured in terms of economic growth, sustainability, natural resource preservation, environmental equity, and sustained, inclusive workforce opportunity. INTENT develops improved business models, advances, and deploys critical enabling technologies, drives well-paying jobs from craft/trade to professional and cultivates regional talent from K-20.