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By Greg Kim (KYUK/Yukon-Kusk) • 9 hours ago This year’s state budget, which went into effect July 1, does not include funding for the Power Cost Equalization program. Power Cost Equalization, or PCE, lowers the cost of electricity in rural Alaska to make it comparable to more urban areas like Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. Here’s what residents in rural Alaska can expect in their next utility bill. The Alaska Village Electric Cooperative delivers electricity to 58 communities in rural Alaska, 20 of which are in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. All of them rely on PCE. AVEC ...

Vital Alaska programs in limbo as legislators pause negotiations until August Alex Bengel © Provided by Fairbanks KTVF Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Certain programs in the State of Alaska are seeing their funding stop as the state legislature failed to meet the three-fourths vote requirement to continue funding from the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR). Since it was established in 1990, the CBR has become a funding source for various government programs. According to Representative Grier Hopkins, these include, “oil tax credits tha...

Alaska House averts government shutdown Alex Bengel © Provided by Fairbanks KTVF A view of the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The prospect of a looming government shutdown in the state of Alaska has been averted. On Monday, June 28, the Alaska House of Representatives achieved the two-thirds vote necessary to make the state’s budget effective on July 1st, the start of the 2022 Fiscal Year. 27 votes were necessary to change the budget’s effective date. The bill passed with 28. Interior representatives were split on the action, with De...

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

An air-to-air heat pump can provide a more efficient alternative for heating a home, particularly in regions of Alaska with less dramatic temperature swings like Southeast. Because they run off of electricity, they can also reduce greenhouse gas emissions in communities that use renewable alternatives like hydropower or solar. (Photo by Erin McKinstry/KCAW) Kake resident Adam Davis decided to convert to a heat pump about four years ago. Before that, he was using a pellet stove, but barging in fuel was getting expensive.  When Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority offered to install a he...