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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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RE+ Alaska will bring together clean energy professionals to discuss real-world solutions helping to spur electrification for tribal and rural communities. With a focus on the people and projects accelerating Alaska’s energy transition, tribal funding opportunities, and...
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Ms. McKittrick’s first such piece, titled “Energy conservation is good. And raises electric rates. What does that mean for net metering reforms?” can be accessed here. And her most recent write-up titled, “What would we get with the Annual Net Metering bill?” is...
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In summary, Dr. Wight’s paper (available online here), “asks: how did the Railbelt electrify and become a grid? The paper finds that Alaskans, with the indispensable support of the federal government, built 2.7 gigawatts of generation and over 1,600 miles of...
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