A network of Alaskans

Our state’s clean energy future is dependent on the way Alaskans understand and use energy. Across Alaska, there is an informal network of people and organizations that are dedicated to combating the high cost of energy through energy education and training.

This network includes industry, Alaskan schools, villages, municipalities, state and federal agencies, public and private organizations, Alaska Native corporations and non-profits, electric utilities, trades and individuals. REAP launched ANEEE in 2017 to identify, map and more deeply connect this network of energy champions. ANEEE works to increase the visibility of clean energy careers, develop clean energy career pathways and encourage higher learning that fosters a culture of clean energy innovation. 

ANEEE works in three broad sectors: 

• K-12 Education
• Career & Technical Education (CTE)
• University Instruction

Advancing education resources

Energy education extends along a spectrum from home to elementary and high school classrooms, into post-secondary education, through community organizations and permeates a wide world of workplaces. The value of a good energy education proves itself everywhere.

ANEEE categorizes energy lessons from the K-12, CTE and University sectors so Alaskans can better understand what lessons are available, and how they can be accessed. Not all energy education opportunities fit into neat categories.

Examples of offerings include a building energy efficiency class that a school principal may be interested in to a public lecture on in-river hydrokinetic technology to a summer camp focused on wind energy. ANEEE works to identify and make available all of these types of opportunities to the wider network it is building.

ANEEE was originally a partnership with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) and is funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), which also supports REAP’s efforts to expand the understanding of energy through Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).