After more than five years of highly technical analysis, delicate negotiations and numerous fits and starts along the way, the path to restructuring Alaska’s once-disjointed Railbelt electric ...

OPINION: Railbelt has potential solutions, but no guarantees for long-term energy supply. Sections Alaska News Politics Opinions Iditarod Talk to us Opens in new window ...

In 2020, the Alaska Legislature passed a bill to pave the way for the existence of a Railbelt-wide organization. That’s when the Railbelt Reliability Council started meeting.

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved the first tranche of reliability standards developed by the Railbelt Reliability Council for the Railbelt electricity generation and transmission ...

The U.S. Department of Energy approved $206.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help the Alaska Energy Authority build a 38-mile submarine cable across Cook Inlet from roughly ...

Alaska’s Railbelt electric companies are the sole users of the state’s main transmission lines that carry energy from the Bradley Lake hydropower project in Homer north to Fairbanks. But ...

On this Alaska Insight, Lori Townsend is joined by renewable energy experts to discuss how realistic a transition to renewables is, and how long it could take. Aired: 04/19/24 Rating: NR ...

The Alaska Energy Authority, the state’s independent energy policy and development office, received a $206.5 million grant to help modernize the Railbelt’s grid.

One proposal to solve the impending energy shortage for Alaska’s population centers is to go back in time. To the 1970s, ... Railbelt leaders are scrambling for answers.

The Railbelt Grid is the only transmission system in Alaska, yet is still comprised of a series of nested microgrids . As noted in a blog published by the Alaska Microgrid Group last year, ACEP ...

Alaska’s economy has been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. While a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels will take time, there is reason for hope. As we look to Alaska’s ...

Executives Dan Menth and Dave Messier write in a commentary that nonprofit power cooperatives didn’t qualify for federal ...