A clean energy future for Alaska requires action by Congress Author: Lew Ulmer
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Print article Introducing alternative energy sources is vitally important to both urban and rural Alaska communities, and our statewide potential in the renewable and clean energy sector is as large as our state itself. Advancements in the solar and clean energy industry are helping to create jobs, spur economic activity, and reduce the environmental impact in rural communities across Alaska. Most importantly, renewable energy solutions are cutting costs for Alaska homeowners and residents. Today, energy efficient homes are increasing home values and lowering energy bills across the nation. Rural communities in Alaska that often face high electricity costs are increasingly turning to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar to heat their homes, and the seasonal application of solar power is offsetting home energy costs. In the Northwest Arctic Borough alone, solar energy
Potential for an Energy Package
Ewelina Czapla
Executive Summary
An energy package that would boost funding for myriad clean-energy initiatives may be incorporated in the fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill.
The package is the culmination of a various bills and energy packages from both chambers of Congress, and includes provisions that would support the development and deployment of innovative technologies necessary for transitioning away from carbon-intensive energy production and reducing emissions.
While the package would serve as meaningful climate legislation, it does not address more controversial issues such as emissions targets, environmental justice, or a carbon price.
Introduction
Congress this week released the language of a compromise energy package that may be attached to the fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill.[1] The package would be the most significant energy legislation passed in years and would serve as some of the first meaningful climate legisl
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Exclusive: Congress reaches compromise on clean energy deal to be attached to government funding bill Source: By Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner • Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
House and Senate leaders have agreed to include a suite of clean energy innovation measures in a year-end omnibus spending bill to be introduced as soon as tomorrow.
A bipartisan energy package hitched to the spending bill, seen by the
Washington Examiner, includes provisions to boost technologies such as advanced nuclear power, energy storage, carbon capture utilization, and direct air capture.
Three people with knowledge of the talks provided the final legislative language of the agreement to the
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