As session end looms, Alaska lawmakers juggle bills addressing Southcentral natural gas crunch yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bills to make storing gas easier, reduce royalties and spur new gas production, as well as energy transmission and renewable energy, are moving forward.
In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the historic Justice40 Initiative, this month the U.S. Department of Energy announced $27 million in financial and technical assistance awarded to 40 partner teams of states, local governments and Tribes through the Energy Future Grants (EFG) Program.
Alaska is at a critical juncture. The Railbelt’s four electric cooperative utilities have expanded since they were created in the 1940s but transmission connections between regions have not kept pace.