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[2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series] Alaska’s Microgrid Innovators: How Communities Are Responding to Today’s Energy Challenges
In her 2016 self-published book, A Different Arctic Paradigm: Searching for Energy in the Far North, Gwen Holdmann opened with a question: “Well over a million people in the Arctic live in communities and locations where electric grids or pipelines do not reach. So what is...
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- Published On: October 2026
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2026 Anchorage Winter Preparedness Fair
Fall is here and winter is not too far off. Here in Anchorage, as in the rest of the state, rising energy costs mean that it will cost folks even more to stay warm in the coming months. Fortunately, there is a lot you can do to reduce your energy use while keeping your home...
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[2026 Fall Energy Speaker Series] Uniting Alaska’s Largest Grid: Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch (Pt. 2)
In the face of rising energy costs, more and more Alaskans are talking about the need to bring the Railbelt utilities together and more efficiently operate the grid that serves nearly 75% of the state’s residents. As part of our 2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series, REAP...
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REAP Gathers With Lake & Peninsula Borough Partners for 2026 S.N.A.P. Meet
Seniors compete in Native Youth Olympics (Photo: Ana McMenamin) Each year, S.N.A.P. Meet returns to take over the Newhalen School for a week in April, bringing together students from all over the Lake and Peninsula School District. Newhalen School Principal, Ed Lester, has...
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[2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series] Toward a More Efficient Railbelt: Exploring Unified Economic Dispatch
Railbelt electricity ratepayers are already feeling the sting of rising energy costs due to dwindling supplies of Cook Inlet gas. The region’s electric utilities are stepping into the global market for natural gas to bridge the gap, just as we watch global fossil fuel...
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[2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series] Lighting the Way: Alaska’s Clean Energy Workforce Opportunities
With Alaska experiencing more than a decade of net outmigration and record high levels of nonresident workers, we must invest in our state’s homegrown workforce. This need is especially acute in the clean energy sector, where the ripple effects of an insufficient...
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[2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series] Grid to Table: Alaska’s Food/Energy Nexus
This second installment in REAP’s 2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series, “Grid to Table: Alaska’s Food/Energy Nexus,” centered on our food systems, the role energy plays in them, and what Alaska’s energy trends mean for our future food security. Whether you’re a...
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[2026 Spring Energy Speaker Series] Keeping Warm: What Can We Do in the Face of Rising Gas Prices?
Cook Inlet gas is used to heat three out of every four homes in Southcentral Alaska and generate roughly 75% of the region’s electricity. For years, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources has projected that supply is likely to fall short of demand as soon as 2027. Now,...
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Railbelt Wind Integration Study (Revision 1)
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- Organization: Electric Power Systems, Inc.
- Published On: January 26, 2024
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- Organization: Alaska Energy Authority
- Published On: October 20, 2025