ELECTION UNDERWAY: Fairbanks climate radicals aim to take control of power grid
An influential coalition of climate extremists is working to take control of Golden Valley Electric Assoc. - the energy cooperative that provides power to roughly 100,000 Fairbanks area
Democrats derail critical Alaska gas pipeline bill
The clock is ticking down on Juneau, and Alaska’s grand energy ambitions are stuck in legislative limbo thanks to the Democrat-controlled
OPINION: Closing the Hilcorp ‘loophole’ is really just government extortion
The Hilcorp tax debate reflects the tension between free enterprise and Alaska government’s growing demand for revenue, compounded by the state’s resistance to cut its own spending and produce structural
OPINION: When lawmakers deter resource developers, Alaskans get squeezed
Alaska’s fiscal stability will not come from squeezing the last drops out of a shrinking sector; it will come from expanding the sector
REP. MCCABE: Gaslighting the gasline with unprincipled principles
Many of the most ardent critics of the Alaska gasline project are dismissing it with unprincipled slogans about free markets, which they ignore everywhere
Global leaders headed north for Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference
Gov. Mike Dunleavy will host energy leaders, policymakers and industry experts from across the nation and around the world at the fifth annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, taking place May 19-21 at the Dena'ina Center in
OPINION: Faux Republicans stall low-cost Alaska energy bill while pushing high-priced pensions
Is Gov. Dunleavy being pressured to accept a long-term, cost escalating public pension plan bill for state employees in exchange for movement on a policy that promises to lower energy
Alaska House bill’s subtle name game undercuts hunting and trapping
Our wildlife resources are too economically valuable - and too important to rural jobs, self-funded conservation, and the state’s overall prosperity - to allow subtle framing shifts to undermine
OPINION: Competing bills reflect divergent visions of Alaska’s gas line future
A lot of Alaskans are going to hear about Senate Bills 280 and 275 and assume they are basically the same. Both deal with the Alaska natural gas pipeline project, but one is written to help a project get built. The other aims to maximize the state’s take,
Opinion: Chugach Electric board candidate rejects self-limiting decarbonization agenda
Much of the policy adopted by Chugach Electric in recent years has favored organizations that invest in alternative energy. For an electric utility that serves more than 90,000 rate payers, this strategy is shortsighted and heavily reliant on regulation to
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