Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Tuesday engaged with the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, on a number of Alaska’s energy priorities during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Hearing on the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request. Murkowski and Wright discussed the importance of bolstering hydropower, including the imminent release […]
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced the Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act (SECURE Grid Act), bipartisan legislation to empower states to fully assess the risks to their electric grids, from extreme weather to cyber threats and other vulnerabilities. Every […]
[content id=”79272″] A free tool developed by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher can help communities with small-scale power grids plan for different energy resources. Microgrid systems provide electricity in rural and remote communities in many places, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. Rural Alaska has more […]
Federal Budget Bill Will Slash Jobs in Energy, Construction, Health, and Public Sector to Finance Tax Cuts for Billionaires As the U.S. Senate passes the federal budget bill, Alaska House Labor and Commerce Committee Co-Chairs are raising the alarm about the devastating economic impacts of the bill on Alaska, which will not only affect the […]