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Increasing Pathways For Energy Efficiency Careers in Alaska

Alaska consistently ranks among some of the most energy intensive and expensive states in the country. Wasted energy from poorly designed homes, leaky building envelopes, and aging housing stock is especially harmful in rural and remote areas, where energy costs often double...

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Banding Together: Energy Experts Share Lessons Learned from Heat Pump Projects with the Alaska Energy Training Group

Heat pump projects are growing rapidly throughout Alaska, with incentives in the form of tax credits and upcoming rebates through Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) and grant programs set to help install over 7,000 heat pumps throughout coastal communities and the...

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Uplifting Energy Education and Careers in the Lake and Peninsula Borough

Inside Newhalen School, past puddles of melting snow outside, the main hallway was lined with duffels, sleeping bags, snow boots, and parkas. The gear was grouped under handwritten signs: “Tanalian, Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Igiugig, Meshik, Nondalton,...

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Powering Your Future: Igniting Curiosity and Exploration in Energy Careers

This spring, REAP’s Alaska Network for Energy Education and Employment developed and taught a new energy career visibility and readiness course for a cohort of 11th graders from the Lower Yukon School District. The Powering Your Future course built on a yearslong partnership...

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Rural Independent Power Producers: Who and What Does It Take?

These non-utility companies are often private, for-profit entities that generate and sell power to electric utilities through power purchase agreements. But in rural Alaska, where markets typically aren’t large enough to entice private investment, consortium-backed and...

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People in Power Training Coordination in Full Swing

Training coordination program People in Power (PIP) has been hard at work this spring. The initiative, funded by the Denali Commission, the Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office, and the Rural Alaska Community Action Program and executed by REAP, improves performance...

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