- Type: document
- Organization: REAP
- Published On: August 1, 2017
- Type: document
- Organization: REAP, Alaska Energy Authority
- Published On: April 15, 2019
Posts / Energy Policy / Renewable Energy
Historic Legislation Passes
In the midst of quarantines, social distancing, and uncertainty, we have some much-needed good news to report. On March 20, just before it set aside all non-essential business, the Alaska Legislature passed historic legislation to reform the Railbelt electric grid. The...
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- Organization: Alaska Energy Authority
- Published On: 2011
- Type: document
- Organization: Alaska Energy Authority, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
- Published On: 2008
- Type: document
- Organization: REAP
- Published On: March 1, 2020
People, Policy, & Finance / Energy Efficiency / Energy Policy / Renewable Energy
Alaska Clean Energy Legislation
In 2008, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center published the first of two reports outlining recommended state programs, initiatives, and goals to reduce end-use energy demand and keep hundreds of millions of dollars in the state’s economy each year. That year, the state...
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Carbon Pricing
Carbon pricing schemes generally fall into two categories: cap and trade systems and carbon taxes. Revenue-positive pricing schemes accrue new revenue for the state, province or nation which can be reinvested in renewable energy development or other programs or funds. ...
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Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy & Resilience
Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy & Resilience (C-PACER) is an innovative financing program that enables owners of commercial and industrial properties to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy and resilience projects and then...
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Clean Energy Funds
Clean energy funds support the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency by helping remove market barriers and educating the public. State clean energy funds are supported through small, mill-rated utility surcharges called system benefit charges. Programs that...
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Renewable Portfolio Standards
On Wednesday, March 15th, Alaska Senator Löki Tobin introduced Senate Bill 101 to establish a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for the Railbelt region of Alaska. The legislation would require the five electric utilities on the Railbelt (the interconnected grid that...
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Net Metering
State net metering rules provide an incentive for individuals and businesses to invest in their own small renewable energy systems by allowing them to sell excess power that they produce back into the grid. More than 40 states, including Alaska, offer some form of net...
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